ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,037, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Rolled flexible substrate with integrated window for intraluminal ultrasound imaging device" was invented by Johannes Wilhelmus Weekemp (Beek en Donk, Netherlands), Franciscus Johannes Gerardus Hakkens (Eersel, Netherlands), Vincent Adrianus Henneken (Utrecht, Netherlands), Marcus Cornelis Louwerse (Nijmegen, Netherlands) and Ronald Dekker (Valkenswaard, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intraluminal ultrasound imaging device includes a flexible elongate member configured to be inserted into a body lumen of a patient, the flexible ...