ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,667, issued on May 12, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Flow assessment" was invented by Maarten Petrus Joseph Kuenen (Veldhoven, Netherlands), Brian Brand Antonius Johannes Bloemendal (Helenaveen, Netherlands) and Arjen Van Der Horst (Tilburg, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to flow measurement in a vessel. In order to provide a facilitated and less complex determination of the average peak velocity based solely on a plurality of ultrasound signals, a device (10) for flow measurement in a vessel is provided that comprises a data input (12), a processor (14) a...