ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,511, issued on July 21, was assigned to FUJIFILM SonoSite Inc. (Bothell, Wash.).
"Ultrasound with simultaneous transducer arrays" was invented by Ryan Hammond (Tacoma, Wash.), Brittney Klingenberg (Bothell, Wash.), Jean Tsou (Seattle), Lillian Larson (Kirkland, Wash.) and David Knapp (Bellevue, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for ultrasound devices with simultaneous arrays are disclosed. These systems and methods include an ultrasound having simultaneous arrays that can be used during an examination of an anatomy. The simultaneous arrays include at least a first array and a second array, where the first array...