ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,103, issued on July 8, was assigned to FUJIFILM SONOSITE INC. (Bothell, Wash.).
"Transesophageal ultrasound system" was invented by Patrick Nally (Seattle), Tyler Dawson (Edmonds, Wash.), Kenji Kimura (Seattle), David Knapp (Bellevue, Wash.), Floris Kruger (Bothell, Wash.), Lisa Spencer (Bothell, Wash.), Craig Chamberlain (Seattle), Brittney Klingenberg (Bothell, Wash.) and Laurie Johnson (North Bend, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound probe and a ultrasound system are disclosed. In some embodiments, the ultrasound system includes a bite block configured to, during a transesophageal insertion of the probe cable startin...