US Patent Issued to COMPREMIUM on Sept. 23 for "Replaceable attachment for an ultrasound probe" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,609, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to COMPREMIUM AG (Muri b. Bern, Switzerland).

"Replaceable attachment for an ultrasound probe" was invented by Ulrich Andre Baumann (Munsingen, Switzerland), Vincent Boris Baumann (Gumligen, Switzerland) and Peter Nuot Frei (Dulliken, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A replaceable attachment for an ultrasound probe includes a ring-like fastening region for fastening the attachment to the ultrasound probe, and a flexible membrane arranged on the fastening region. A first liquid or gel-like contact medium is applied to an inner contact surface of the membrane. The contact surface makes c...