ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,845, issued on March 24, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus" was invented by Eiji Kasahara (Chiba, Japan), Koji Waki (Chiba, Japan), Akira Kusakabe (Chiba, Japan) and Suguru Ishiguro (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a wireless communication unit and a control unit. The wireless communication unit is connected to a communication line via a wireless relay device, communicates with an information terminal via the communication line, and transmits ultrasonic image information to the information terminal. The control unit selects a shared group ...