US Patent Issued to CANON on July 14 for "Ultrasonic probe" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,134, issued on July 14, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Ultrasonic probe" was invented by Yusuke Kobayashi (Nasushiobara, Japan) and Hiroyuki Shikata (Nasushiobara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic probe of an embodiment includes a transmission and reception unit, a movable unit, a pressure signal detection unit, and an amplification unit. The transmission and reception unit includes a plurality of transducers, transmits transmission acoustic signals generated by the transducers, and receives reflection acoustic signals of the transmitted acoustic signals. The movable unit includes an acoustic radiation surface...