ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,598, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).
"Ultrasound probe" was invented by Shinsuke Noguchi (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound probe 11 includes a housing 12, a transducer array 13 that is retained in the housing 12 and has a rear surface portion 13B, from which a wiring cable WC1 is drawn out, a circuit substrate 15 that is retained in the housing 12, the wiring cable WC1 being connected to the circuit substrate 15, a battery 14 that is retained in the housing 12 and performs power supply, and a fire protection structure that is disposed between the transducer array 13 and the circu...