ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,184, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Cart for portable ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and portable ultrasound diagnostic unit having seat, handles on both sides and columnar support" was invented by Kengo Katagiri (Tokyo), Takayoshi Saito (Tokyo), Ryosuke Ogura (Tokyo) and Takuro Iwaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound diagnostic unit includes a portable ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, a seat on which the portable ultrasound diagnostic apparatus is placed, handles that are connected to the seat, a columnar support that supports the seat, a plurality of leg portions that support the colu...