ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,280, issued on July 15, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Heat dissipation in ultrasound probes" was invented by Ryan M Manning (Lewistown, Pa.), Dennis Dean Clark (Lewistown, Pa.) and John William Myers (Lewistown, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound imaging device includes a housing with an outer surface and an inner surface. The outer surface is grasped by a user. The device includes an array of acoustic elements transmitting ultrasound energy and receiving ultrasound echoes. The array is at an end of the housing. The device includes a heat sink within the housing and receiving heat g...