ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,856, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC (Waukesha, Wis.).

"Ultrasound transducer folding flex microelectronic assembly" was invented by Giandonato Stallone (Nice, France), Alexis Hubert (Valbonne, France), Jean-Luc Diot (Valbonne, France) and Edouard Da Cruz (Valbonne, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems are herein provided for an ultrasound probe. In one example, an ultrasound probe comprises a housing; a transducer assembly positioned inside the housing, the transducer assembly comprising: an acoustic module; one or more printed circuit boards (PCBs); and one or more flex interconnects configur...