US Patent Issued to COMPREMIUM on May 12 for "Device for performing ultrasonic examinations and pressure measurements" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,676, issued on May 12, was assigned to COMPREMIUM AG (Bern, Switzerland).

"Device for performing ultrasonic examinations and pressure measurements" was invented by Ulrich Baumann (Munsingen, Switzerland), Vincent Boris Baumann (Gumligen, Switzerland) and Peter Nuot Frei (Dulliken, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device (1) for performing ultrasonic examinations and pressure measurements comprises an ultrasonic transducer (60), a pressure sensor (50), a housing (10) to accommodate the ultrasonic transducer (60) and the pressure sensor (50), a support plate (40) arranged in the housing (10) and a flexible membrane (21) arra...