US Patent Issued to Konica Minolta on May 20 for "Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, ultrasonic probe, and attachment for ultrasonic probe" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,212, issued on May 20, was assigned to Konica Minolta Inc. (Tokyo).

"Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, ultrasonic probe, and attachment for ultrasonic probe" was invented by Koji Oura (Yokohama, Japan), Masahiko Kadokura (Ogaki, Japan), Kaoru Okada (Hino, Japan) and Takashi Mizuno (Kokubunji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus for assisting insertion of a puncture needle into a subject, includes: an ultrasonic probe that is arranged to allow a probe distal end part to be pressed against a body surface of the subject, and acquires an ultrasonic image of an inside of the subject by transmission and r...