US Patent Issued to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS on July 29 for "Medical device with forward and sideward ablation monitoring ultrasound transducers" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,888, issued on July 29, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Medical device with forward and sideward ablation monitoring ultrasound transducers" was invented by Szabolcs Deladi (Veldhoven, Netherlands), Cornelius Antonius Nicolaas Maria Van Der Vleuten (Liempde, Netherlands) and Antonius Johannes Josephus Rademakers (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to ultrasound imaging method and apparatus suitable for minimally invasive ultrasound diagnostic devices in cardiac ablation monitoring and in tumor ablation monitoring. The present invention proposes an assembly o...