US Patent Issued to Volumetrics Medical Systems on Sept. 22 for "Systems, methods and electrodes for 4-dimensional ultrasound pulse-echo imaging of the neck and upper airway" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,756, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Volumetrics Medical Systems LLC (Durham, N.C.).

"Systems, methods and electrodes for 4-dimensional ultrasound pulse-echo imaging of the neck and upper airway" was invented by Olaf Von Ramm (Efland, N.C.) and Kent Moore (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for imaging an airway for assessing obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can include first and second ultrasound transducer arrays on first and second body members, respectively, configured to adhere the first and second ultrasound transducer arrays at first and second fixed positions on a neck while ultrasound scanning. A proce...