US Patent Issued to OtoNexus Medical Technologies on Sept. 29 for "Apparatus and method for characterization of a ductile membrane, surface and sub-surface properties" (California, Washington, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,986, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to OtoNexus Medical Technologies Inc. (Bellevue, Wash.).

"Apparatus and method for characterization of a ductile membrane, surface and sub-surface properties" was invented by Mark A. Moehring (Seattle), George A. Gates (Boerne, Texas), Jay Chesavage (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Rahul Singh (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound signal processor uses an excitation generator to cause displacement of a membrane or surface while a series of ultrasound pulses are applied to the membrane or surface. Phase differences between a transmitted signal and received signal are examined to d...