ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,865, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Interface for time-based imaging protocols" was invented by Paul Sheeran (Woodinville, Wash.), Liang Zhang (Issaquah, Wash.) and Thanasis Loupas (Kirkland, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display (150) for a contrast-enhanced examination ultrasound (CEUS) exam is disclosed. The display (150) includes a user interface (160) with an editable protocol (200) adapted to allow a user to select time-based actions and events of an upcoming CEUS exam on the display (150); a first time-bar display (300) adapted to allow the user to alter time-bas...