ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,189, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE-CNRS (Paris), SUPERSONIC IMAGINE (Paris) and Eosie Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrieles de la Ville de Paris (Paris).

"Method and system for characterising a medium using ultrasound" was invented by Flavien Bureau (Paris), Elsa Giraudat (Bullion, France), William Lambert (Aix-en-Provence, France), Nicolas Etaix (Aix-en-Provence, France), Mathias Fink (Meudon, France), Alexandre Aubry (Ivry sur Seine, France) and Arthur Le Ber (Vibeuf, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound characterisation method of a medium comprising the st...