ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,882, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SAMSUNG MEDISON Co. LTD. (Gangwon-Do, South Korea).

"Portable ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and method of controlling the same" was invented by Gil-Ju Jin (Seoul, South Korea), Mi Jeoung Ahn (Seoul, South Korea) and Yuri Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and a method of controlling the same are provided, including a flexible display and a controller which changes a layout of an image displayed on the flexible display. An image necessary for diagnosing an object is appropriately disposed on a flexible display according to a situat...