US Patent Issued to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS on Feb. 24 for "Retrospective transmit focusing using a transmit speed systems, devices, and methods" (Massachusetts, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,062, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Retrospective transmit focusing using a transmit speed systems, devices, and methods" was invented by Jean-Luc Francois-Marie Robert (Cambridge, Mass.) and Changhong Hu (Bothell, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound imaging system includes an array of acoustic elements configured to transmit ultrasound energy at a first transmit speed and receive echoes associated with the ultrasound energy transmitted at the first transmit speed. The system further includes a processor circuit in communication with the array of acoustic elements...