US Patent Issued to FUJIFILM SONOSITE on Jan. 13 for "Systems and methods for air cooled ultrasound transducers via cavity on the probe" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,097, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to FUJIFILM SONOSITE INC. (Bothell, Wash.).

"Systems and methods for air cooled ultrasound transducers via cavity on the probe" was invented by Greg Nieminen (Bothell, Wash.), Todd Willsie (Seattle) and Evan McCormack (Kenmore, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods of transmitting heat away from an ultrasound probe are disclosed within. In one embodiment, a handheld ultrasound probe includes a transducer, electronics configured to drive the transducer, and a housing surrounding the transducer assembly and the electronics. A slot extending from a first side of the housing to a se...