ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,190, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Canon Medical Systems Corp. (Otawara, Japan).
"Ultrasonic probe" was invented by Kohei Shinoda (Nasushiobara, Japan), Tomohiro Sato (Otawara, Japan), Kentaro Tsuzuki (Nasushiobara, Japan), Kengo Okada (Nasushiobara, Japan) and Hana Sonoda (Utsunomiya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic probe includes a transducer group and an acoustic lens. The transducer group include a plurality of ultrasonic transducers. The acoustic lens is provided on a transmitting/receiving side of the transducer group and includes a first curved surface and a second curved su...