US Patent Issued to PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY on May 13 for "Intraluminal ultrasound device for diagnostic imaging and therapy" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,600, issued on May 13, was assigned to PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY Corp. (San Diego).

"Intraluminal ultrasound device for diagnostic imaging and therapy" was invented by Jeremy Stigall (Carlsbad, Calif.), Princeton Saroha (Ladera Ranch, Calif.) and Robert Emmett Kearney (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intraluminal ultrasound device includes a flexible elongate member configured to be inserted into a lumen of a patient, the flexible elongate member comprising a proximal portion and a distal portion, an ultrasound imaging assembly disposed at the distal portion of the flexible elongate member, the ultrasound imaging assem...