US Patent Issued to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS on Nov. 25 for "Ultrasound system self-test data feedback for system trend analysis" (Washington, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,355, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Ultrasound system self-test data feedback for system trend analysis" was invented by Richard Anthony Sampson II (Everett, Mass.), Changhong Hu (Bothell, Wash.), Shubha Rao (Bothell, Wash.), Justus Daniel Smitchger (Bothell, Wash.) and Daniel Schmiesing (Granite Falls, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound system is configured to perform periodic self-testing of the system's hardware components. Results of the self-testing are stored on the ultrasound system in a data log, and periodically uploaded to a self-test database. The self...