ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,879, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus" was invented by Masakazu Otoshi (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes: an attachment surface which is an outer surface of the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus; and a cable hook attached to the attachment surface, in which the cable hook has a movable arm configured to be switchable between a closed posture and an open posture, and the movable arm forms a pass-through path through which a probe cable is insertable and which has a substantially closed contour in a space with the attachment su...