US Patent Issued to FUJIFILM on May 12 for "Ultrasound endoscope" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,571, issued on May 12, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Ultrasound endoscope" was invented by Tatsuhiro Iwaya (Ashigarakami-gun, Japan) and Yasuhiko Morimoto (Ashigarakami-gun, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound endoscope includes an insertion part including a distal end part having an ultrasound transducer array of ultrasound transducers, a cable inserted into the insertion part, and a substrate, including electrode pads, that electrically connects the ultrasound transducers and the cable, and is disposed in the distal end part. The cable has a non-coaxial cable including a first cable bundle consisting of sig...