ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,795, issued on May 27, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Ultrasound controller unit and method" was invented by Ronaldus Maria Aarts (Geldrop, Netherlands), Franciscus Hendrikus van Heesch (Valkenswaard, Netherlands) and Rick Bezemer (Utrecht, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound controller unit (22) for controlling an ultrasound transducer unit (24) in acquiring ultrasound data for the purpose of deriving one or more physiological parameter measurements. The controller is adapted to control weighting coefficients applied to transmit and receive signals of each of a plurality of t...