US Patent Issued to GE Precision Healthcare on Sept. 15 for "Ultrasound probe hanger and method for suspending a wireless ultrasound transducer within a chamber of an ultrasound transducer high-level disinfection (HLD) system" (Austrian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,733,903, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC (Waukesha, Wis.).

"Ultrasound probe hanger and method for suspending a wireless ultrasound transducer within a chamber of an ultrasound transducer high-level disinfection (HLD) system" was invented by Franz Josef Steinhofer (Ampflwang, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound probe hanger includes a stem, shoulders, arms, and a probe holder. The shoulders are arranged generally perpendicular to the stem and are connected to a proximal end of the stem. The arms are arranged generally parallel to each other and to the stem. The arms are connected at upper...