ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,071, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Ultrasound diagnostic system and control method of ultrasound diagnostic system" was invented by Koji Shimomura (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are an ultrasound diagnostic system and a control method of the ultrasound diagnostic system, which enable a user to grasp information regarding a defect occurred in an ultrasound probe in detail.An ultrasound diagnostic system including: an ultrasound probe having a transducer array; and an apparatus main body that is connected to the ultrasound probe, in which an impact sensor disposed on the ultrasoun...