US Patent Issued to Canon Medical Systems on May 27 for "Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and ultrasonic diagnostic method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,786, issued on May 27, was assigned to Canon Medical Systems Corp. (Otawara, Japan).

"Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and ultrasonic diagnostic method" was invented by Seina Amagi (Nasushiobara, Japan), Shingo Toyoda (Utsunomiya, Japan), Minori Ohashi (Otawara, Japan) and Masashi Usumura (Nasushiobara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasonic probe and processing circuitry. The ultrasonic probe is configured to transmit and receive an ultrasonic wave. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire an optical image of a subject housed in a housing un...