US Patent Issued to Parker-Hannifin on Dec. 16 for "Medical apparatus with enhanced ultrasound visibility" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,037, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Parker-Hannifin Corp. (Cleveland).

"Medical apparatus with enhanced ultrasound visibility" was invented by Sahil Gupta (Aurora, Ohio) and Steve Powell (Cleveland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example medical apparatus includes a tubular structure. The tubular structure includes an echogenic layer that is a multiphase polymer composite. The multiphase polymer composite includes a polymer matrix phase, a first non-polymeric phase including gas voids entrapped within the polymer matrix phase, and a second non-polymeric phase including particles embedded within the polymer matrix phase. Cathete...