US Patent Issued to SEIKO EPSON on Oct. 7 for "Ultrasound probe" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,570, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).

"Ultrasound probe" was invented by Chikara Kojima (Matsumoto, Japan), Keita Kubo (Matsumoto, Japan), Hikaru Iwai (Matsukawa, Japan) and Eiji Osawa (Matsumoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound probe includes: an ultrasound device configured to perform at least one of transmission and reception of an ultrasound wave; and a case housing the ultrasound device. The ultrasound device includes a vibration plate and a piezoelectric element disposed at the vibration plate. The case is provided with an opening facing the vibration plate, and a first communicatio...