ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,125, issued on July 14, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus" was invented by Nobuhiko Fujii (Tokyo) and Katsunori Asafusa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes a transmission unit, a reception unit, and an information processing unit. The transmission unit transmits an ultrasonic wave to a subject via an ultrasound probe. The reception unit receives the ultrasonic wave reflected by the subject via the ultrasound probe. The information processing unit executes processing on a reception signal output from the reception unit. The information processing unit...