ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,410, issued on May 6, was assigned to Evident Canada Inc. (Quebec, Canada).

"Apparatus for couplant management" was invented by Denis Faucher (Levis, Canada) and Alain Deschenes (Montmagny, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A couplant feeding circuit is provided. The couplant feeding circuit has a first set of walls extending from a bottom surface and a second set of walls extending from the bottom surface and between the first set of walls. A membrane extends between the first and second set of walls such that the first and second set of walls along with the membrane form a couplant cavity. The couplant feeding circuit also has ...