US Patent Issued to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS on Feb. 24 for "Ultrasound based blood flow velocity measurements" (Dutch, Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,056, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Ultrasound based blood flow velocity measurements" was invented by Maarten Petrus Joseph Kuenen (Veldhoven, Netherlands), Brian Brand Antonius Johannes Bloemendal (Helenaveen, Netherlands), Lucas Hendrikus Gerardus Tan (Vosselaar, Belgium), Patrick Wilhelmus Van Kaam (Best, Netherlands), Johan Thomas Oostveen (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Peter Alexander Barendse (Helmond, Netherlands) and Franciscus Paulus Maria Budzelaar (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Improvements in ultrasound based blood flow velocity measurements are d...