US Patent Issued to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS on Jan. 28 for "Ultrasonic probe and puncture adapter for ultrasonic probe" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,841, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS Corp. (Otawara, Japan).

"Ultrasonic probe and puncture adapter for ultrasonic probe" was invented by Kentaro Tsuzuki (Nasushiobara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic probe of an embodiment includes a head part. The head part includes a plurality of ultrasonic elements that output ultrasonic waves and receive reflected waves of the output ultrasonic waves. The head part is provided with a through hole for guiding a puncture needle and a slit for guiding the puncture needle to the through hole."

The patent was filed on July 15, 2022, under Application No. 1...