ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,791, issued on May 27, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).
"Ultrasound probe and ultrasound diagnostic apparatus" was invented by Atsushi Osawa (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound probe includes: vibrators arranged in a left-right direction; a support portion that supports a second surface opposite to a first surface located on a side on which the vibrator transmits and receives an ultrasound wave; an acoustic lens disposed on a side opposite to a support portion side with respect to the vibrator; an acoustic matching portion disposed between the vibrator and the acoustic lens; and a connection portion t...