ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,265, issued on March 18, was assigned to OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).
"Ultrasound probe and ultrasound endoscope" was invented by Satoshi Yoshida (Kawagoe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound probe includes: an ultrasound transducer including plural piezoelectric elements; an acoustic lens layer configured to radiate the ultrasound emitted from the plural piezoelectric elements to outside; a back layer that faces the acoustic lens layer with the ultrasound transducer interposed between the back layer and the acoustic lens layer; and a wiring member having at least a part that is arranged at a first position between the acou...