US Patent Issued to Canon on Sept. 1 for "Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,594, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus" was invented by Masashi Takagi (Nasushiobara, Japan), Takahiro Kano (Utsunomiya, Japan), Shingo Toyoda (Utsunomiya, Japan), Hideo Onodera (Nasushiobara, Japan) and Shinichiro Kikuchi (Otawara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes an operation panel, a first support, and a second support. The operation panel is configured to receive a user's operation. The first support includes a rotator that is configured to be rotatable so as to change the height of the operation panel....