US Patent Issued to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS on July 29 for "Transesophageal transducer to increase patient safety" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,968, issued on July 29, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Transesophageal transducer to increase patient safety" was invented by Dino Francesco Cuscuna (Reading, Mass.) and Steven Michael Tavoletti (Reading, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transesophageal transducer comprising: a transesophageal handle; a transesophageal probe tip; a probe tip control cable extending from the transesophageal handle to the transesophageal probe tip, wherein the probe tip control cable controls at least one of rotation and flexing of the probe tip in one or more directions; a torque protection mechanism position...