US Patent Issued to Esaote on Jan. 28 for "Multi-user system for the acquisition, generation and processing of ultrasound images" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,974, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Esaote S.p.A. (Genoa, Italy).

"Multi-user system for the acquisition, generation and processing of ultrasound images" was invented by Franco Fontana (Genoa, Italy), Marco Crocco (Ovada, Italy) and Paolo Pellegretti (Genoa, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-user system for acquiring, generating and processing ultrasound images comprises: a plurality of ultrasound probes with a communication unit for transmitting corresponding data to one or more processing units also with a communication unit; display and/or user interface terminals with a communication unit for transmitting to and re...