US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew, Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific, Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics on Dec. 16 for "Methods for improved ultrasound imaging to emphasize structures of interest and devices thereof" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,043, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Smith & Nephew Inc. (Memphis, Tenn.), Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. (Singapore) and Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG (Zug, Switzerland).

"Methods for improved ultrasound imaging to emphasize structures of interest and devices thereof" was invented by Constantinos Nikou (Monroeville, Pa.) and Branislav Jaramaz (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and ultrasound imaging apparatuses and systems that facilitate improved ultrasound imaging that emphasizes structures of interest are disclosed. With this technology, position data for a trans...