US Patent Issued to GE Precision Healthcare on March 3 for "Phase change insert for ultrasound imaging probe" (New York, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,388, issued on March 3, was assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

"Phase change insert for ultrasound imaging probe" was invented by Warren Lee (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Naveenan Thiagarajan (Clifton Park, N.Y.) and Caitlin Strobel (New Castle, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound imaging device or an ultrasound imaging probe includes an imaging device including at least one heat generating component and at least one thermal energy storage insert spaced from and disposed in thermal contact with the imaging device, the at least one thermal energy storage insert containing a phase change material (PCM) therein...