ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,138, issued on April 21, was assigned to Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Leuven, Belgium) and Stichting IMEC Nederland (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Device and a method for monitoring an implant" was invented by Anirudh Kumar Parag (Leuven, Belgium), Bogdan Raducanu (Heverlee, Belgium), Chris Van Hoof (Leuven, Belgium), Nick Van Helleputte (Korbeek-Dijle, Belgium) and Stefano Stanzione (Veldhoven, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for monitoring an implant comprises: an array of ultrasound transducer elements configured to receive a localization ultrasound signal from the implant; and a signal processor configured to,...