US Patent Issued to Canon on July 7 for "Palpation support device and palpation support method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,780, issued on July 7, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Palpation support device and palpation support method" was invented by Seiji Mikami (Otawara, Japan), Shingo Takagi (Otawara, Japan), Kei Yamaji (Nasushiobara, Japan), Seito Igarashi (Nasushiobara, Japan), Norimasa Muroi (Nasushiobara, Japan), Hiroshi Kurosawa (Nasushiobara, Japan) and Satoshi Okuyama (Nasushiobara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A palpation support device according to an embodiment includes: a palpation data acquiring part configured to acquire a palpation data based on a plurality of pressure values applied to fingers of an examiner; and a diagnosis s...