US Patent Issued to Maui Imaging on May 26 for "Point source transmission and speed-of-sound correction using multi-aperture ultrasound imaging" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,989, issued on May 26, was assigned to Maui Imaging Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Point source transmission and speed-of-sound correction using multi-aperture ultrasound imaging" was invented by Donald F. Specht (Los Altos, Calif.) and Kenneth D. Brewer (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Multiple Aperture Ultrasound Imaging system and methods of use are provided with any number of features. In some embodiments, a multi-aperture ultrasound imaging system is configured to transmit and receive ultrasound energy to and from separate physical ultrasound apertures. In some embodiments, a transmit aperture of a multi-aperture ...