ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,236, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Exo Imaging Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Imaging devices with selectively alterable characteristics" was invented by Yusuf S. Haque (Woodside, Calif.), Sandeep Akkaraju (Wellesley, Mass.), Janusz Bryzek (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Larry Skrenes (Hartland, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, an imaging device is described. The imaging device includes an array of transducers. Each transducer includes an array of piezoelectric elements. Each piezoelectric element transmits pressure waves towards an object to be imaged and receives reflection...