US Patent Issued to Exo Imaging on Dec. 2 for "Micro-machined ultrasound transducers with insulation layer and methods of manufacture" (California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,159, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Exo Imaging Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Micro-machined ultrasound transducers with insulation layer and methods of manufacture" was invented by Naresh Mantravadi (San Jose, Calif.), Haesung Kwon (Austin, Texas) and Brian Bircumshaw (Oakland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a multi-silicon on insulator (SOI) micromachined ultrasonic transducer (MUT) device. The device comprises a multi-SOI substrate and a MUT. The MUT is affixed to a surface of the multi-SOI substrate. The multi-SOI substrate has a first SOI layer and at least a second SOI layer disposed above the first SOI lay...