US Patent Issued to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS on July 1 for "1.X-dimensional ultrasound transducer array with elevation control for aperture and associated devices, systems, and methods" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,810, issued on July 1, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"1.X-dimensional ultrasound transducer array with elevation control for aperture and associated devices, systems, and methods" was invented by Bernard Joseph Savord (Andover, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound imaging system includes an ultrasound probe. The ultrasound probe includes a housing and a transducer array with first, second, and third acoustic elements. The first acoustic element is arranged between the second and third acoustic elements in an elevation dimension. The first acoustic element generates a first analog ultr...