US Patent Issued to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS on Dec. 30 for "Ultrasound system with asymmetric transmit signals" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,645, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Ultrasound system with asymmetric transmit signals" was invented by Neil Owen (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Harry Amon Kunkel (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound system drives the elements of an ultrasound probe with asymmetric transmit signals which reinforce poling of the probe transducer. The use of asymmetric transmit signals enables a transducer element to withstand a significantly higher RF transmit voltage without degradation, which in turn enables higher acoustic output and improved reliability. This is ...