ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,445, issued on May 5, was assigned to Teratech Corp. (Burlington, Mass.).
"Portable ultrasound system" was invented by Alice M. Chiang (Wayland, Mass.) and Noah Berger (Sudbury, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exemplary embodiments provide systems and methods for portable medical ultrasound imaging. Preferred embodiments utilize a hand portable, battery powered system having a display and a user interface operative to control imaging and display operations. A keyboard control panel can be used alone or in combination with touchscreen controls to actuate a graphical user interface. Exemplary embodiments also provide an ultrasound e...