US Patent Issued to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS on Sept. 16 for "Ultrasonic probe and ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,756, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS Corp. (Otawara, Japan).

"Ultrasonic probe and ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus" was invented by Yusuke Kobayashi (Nasushiobara, Japan), Hiroyuki Shikata (Nasushiobara, Japan) and Makoto Ogi (Nasushiobara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, the ultrasonic probe includes a transducer group, an acoustic transmission layer, and a protective material. The transducer group has a plurality of transducers transmitting ultrasonic waves. The acoustic transmission layer transmits the ultrasonic waves transmitted by the transducer group. The protective ...