ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,065, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).
"Ultrasound transducer" was invented by Akira Iguchi (Mishima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound transducer according to the disclosure includes: a piezoelectric element; and a support member that supports the piezoelectric element, in which: the piezoelectric element includes a flat piezoelectric body, a first electrode that is laminated on at least one side of the piezoelectric body in a thickness direction, and a second electrode that is laminated on at least the other side of the piezoelectric body in the thickness direction; the support member includes...