US Patent Issued to Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology on June 9 for "Spatial ultrasound modulator, ultrasonic apparatus having the same and method of generating amplitude-modulated ultrasonic waves using the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,171, issued on June 9, was assigned to Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Spatial ultrasound modulator, ultrasonic apparatus having the same and method of generating amplitude-modulated ultrasonic waves using the same" was invented by Hyunjoo Jenny Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Geon Kuk (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spatial ultrasound modulator includes a signal line, an ultrasonic array, a pixel coder and an ultrasonic driver. The signal line includes a plurality of first conductive lines and a plurality of second conductive lines. The plurality of first conductive li...