ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,290, issued on April 29, was assigned to NIHON KOHDEN Corp. (Tokyo).

"Mounting member and medical apparatus" was invented by Masaki Teraishi (Tokorozawa, Japan), Takamitsu Shimizu (Tokorozawa, Japan) and Takanori Sato (Tokorozawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mounting member which is to be attached to a cart to which a monitor configured to display an ultrasonic image is fixed, the mounting member on which an ultrasonic measurement apparatus configured to acquire the ultrasonic image is to be mounted, the mounting member includes a fixing portion to which at least a part of a cable and connector part that are connected to a ...