ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,890, issued on July 29, was assigned to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS Corp. (Otawara, Japan).

"Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, analysis device, and analysis method" was invented by Yasunori Honjo (Utsunomiya, Japan) and Tomohisa Imamura (Otawara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry calculates, based on first ultrasound information relating to a displacement over time of an organ that makes a periodic movement, a function relating to a clutter component originating from the organ, and calculates, based on the function and se...