US Patent Issued to Maui Imaging on Sept. 22 for "Multiple aperture ultrasound imaging systems and methods" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,759, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Maui Imaging Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Multiple aperture ultrasound imaging systems and methods" was invented by Sateesh Bajikar (San Jose, Calif.), Elias M. Atmeh (San Jose, Calif.), Bruce R. Ritzi (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and David J. Specht (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods of ultrasound imaging are provided. In some embodiments, unfocused and diverging ultrasound signals can be transmitted into a target medium from an apparent point source located aft of a concave probe surface. The echoes can be received, and a location of a reflector within the target mediu...