ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,560, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to ECHOSENS SA (Paris).
"Elastography device and method" was invented by Stephane Audiere (Paris), Cecile Bastard (Paris), Hugo Loree (Nogent-sur-Marne, France), Veronique Miette (L'Hay-les-Roses, France) and Laurent Sandrin (Bourg-la-Reine, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elastography device includes a probe that includes a protruding part to be applied against the body of a subject, a low frequency vibrator arranged to move the protruding part, at least one ultrasound emitter and one ultrasound receiver; and an electronic unit. The electronic unit is adapted to alternatively control the e...