ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,522, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS Corp. (Otawara, Japan).

"Apparatus" was invented by Masaaki Ishitsuka (Nasushiobara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus according to the embodiment includes a first delay circuit, a second delay circuit, and processing circuitry. The first delay circuit delays an ultrasound signal in a first channel using a plurality of capacitors. The second delay circuit delays an ultrasound signal in a second channel using a plurality of capacitors. The processing circuitry make a first write start position in which writing the ultrasound signal in the capacitor in the fi...