US Patent Issued to Esaote S.p.A on Dec. 9 for "Ultrasound probe and ultrasound system provided with said ultrasound probe" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,955, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Esaote S.p.A (Genoa, Italy).

"Ultrasound probe and ultrasound system provided with said ultrasound probe" was invented by Leonardo Forzoni (Florence, Italy), Stefano De Beni (Genoa, Italy) and Fabrizio Spezia (Giussano, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound probe in combination with at least an operating unit such as a tracking sensor or receiver and/or a keypad and/or a surgical tool support, wherein the probe and the at least one operating unit are each one provided with one of two parts of a releasable joint, the said two parts of the joint being releasably engageable one with the...