ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,007, issued on July 22, was assigned to SONOGEN MEDICAL INC. (Chevy Chase, Md.).

"Ultrasound transducer for medical applications" was invented by Alan Winder (Westport, Conn.) and Robert Muratore (Huntington, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound transducer assembly includes a housing; a wedge-shaped acoustic modal convertor (AMC) in the housing with a first surface exposed by an opening in the housing, and a second surface that meets the first surface at a tip located in the housing, and extends from the tip at an angle into the housing, wherein the second surface has a recessed portion formed therein, wherein the second...