ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,212, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to yoR Labs Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Ice ultrasound remote control" was invented by Matthew C. Morrise (Portland, Ore.) and Dan Oliver (Beaverton, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for remotely controlling an ICE ultrasound system are described. In an example, a method can include displaying a GUI on a screen of a remote control device coupled to an ICE ultrasonic handheld device containing a real-time ultrasonic image, mirroring the GUI on a separate display monitor, receiving a first touch input and displaying a remote control interactive menu overlaid on the ultrasonic image...