ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,858, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to FUJIFILM SONOSITE INC. (Bothell, Wash.).

"Displaying visual representations of ultrasound transducers" was invented by Craig Chamberlain (Bothell, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ultrasound systems for displaying visual representations of ultrasound transducers and methods for doing the same are disclosed. In some embodiments, an ultrasound system includes an ultrasound probe including a probe body and a transducer assembly coupled to the probe body. The ultrasound probe is configured to cause a movement of the transducer assembly based on a setting made with the probe body. The ultrasound...