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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8323199 | Method and apparatus for imaging the mechanical properties of tissue from an endocavity The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for imaging the mechanical properties of a tissue region from within an endocavity of a patient. The apparatus generally comprises an ultrasound probe, a vibration assembly translationally coupled to probe and ... | 12/04/2012 |
| 8075487 | Ultrasound diagnosis system including a motor driving multiplane ultrasound probe and image data acquiring method An ultrasound diagnosis system including a motor driving multi-plane ultrasound probe for acquiring image data at a voluntary scanning plane in a body of a patient is provided. The data acquisition is performed by driving rotation of a plurality of transducers arran... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7905838 | Image diagnostic system and apparatus, and processing method therefor An image diagnostic system controls a probe to perform radial scanning within a body cavity produces data based on signals received by the probe to construct and display a tomographic image of the body cavity and surrounding biotissue. The system includes a generati... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7431697 | Ultrasonic probe The ultrasonic probe of the present invention includes an ultrasonic element unit for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves, an oscillation mechanism for causing oscillation to the ultrasonic element unit and a detector for detecting the oscillation of the ult... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431698 | Apparatus and method for controlling an ultrasound probe An apparatus and method for controlling an ultrasound probe are provided. The ultrasound probe having the apparatus includes a scan head configured for moveable operation within a housing and a signal control circuit within the scan head for controlling a transducer... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7421099 | Use of papilla mapping to determine a friction-ridge surface A method of creating a friction-ridge image is disclosed. An energy transducer is aimed at a body part having skin. The transducer is used to obtain information about the papillae beneath an outer surface of the skin. The information about the papillae is used to ob... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7338449 | Three dimensional locator for diagnostic ultrasound or medical imaging A location within a volume is determined from medical images. A region of interest or other location is examined from two different viewing directions. The user or processor indicates the region or point of interest in each of the different images. The desired point... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7318805 | Apparatus and method for compensating for respiratory and patient motion during treatment An apparatus and method for performing treatment on an internal target region while compensating for breathing and other motion of the patient is provided in which the apparatus comprises a first imaging device for periodically generating positional data about the i... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316650 | Method and system for supporting an imaging transceiver A system and method for supporting an ultrasound transducer or other medical device from a position above a patient support surface using an arched overhead boom and a tool balancer or multi-directional articulating extendable mount. ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313260 | Controlling thick-slice viewing of breast ultrasound data An adjunctive ultrasound mammography system and associated methods are described in which an ultrasound image being displayed near an x-ray mammogram image may be superimposed thereon or thereunder by a user for facilitating rapid comprehension of breast structures ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7299806 | Compliant probe interface assembly A probe interface assembly for an automated medical imaging system is provided. The assembly comprises a platform including and inner frame for supporting an ultrasound probe in spaced apart relationship relative to a compression paddle arranged to apply a compressi... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300403 | Wide aperture array design with constrained outer probe dimension The invention presents solutions for large apertures of an ultrasound array under given dimension constraints given by the application for the ultrasound probe, for example by an endoluminal application. The invention has applications to annular arrays for 2D and 3D... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7291109 | Infant hydration monitor An infant hydration monitor includes a hand-held probe equipped with a pair of arms extending from a housing and incorporating a broadband ultrasonic transmitter and receiver. The arms include finger openings allowing the user to adjust the distance between the tran... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7264592 | Scanning devices for three-dimensional ultrasound mammography A breast tomography scanner including a stationary chamber configured to hold fluid, a movable chamber within the stationary chamber configured to hold fluid, and breast scanning apparatus. Various configurations for housing the ultrasonic transducers are disclosed,... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7254851 | Patient support structure having a tabletop with a breast positioning aperture for a laser imaging apparatus A patient support structure for a laser imaging apparatus, comprises a tabletop to support a female patient in front-down, prone position. The tabletop includes an opening adapted to permit a breast of the patient to be vertically pendant below the tabletop. The ope... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7247141 | Intra-cavitary ultrasound medical system and method A method for medically employing ultrasound within a body cavity of a patient. An end effector is obtained having a medical ultrasound transducer assembly. A biocompatible hygroscopic substance is obtained having a non-expanded anhydrous state and having an expanded... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7236616 | Biometric piezo scanner A piezoelectric thin film sensor array is used to scan and capture biometric data, for example, a fingerprint image. In one embodiment, a multi-layer structure includes a PVDF layer in between two conductor grids arranged orthogonally to one another. Urethane can be... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7207489 | Scan motor Methods and apparatus for providing a relatively miniature injection molded scan motor, for example, for a retroreflective illumination system. An exemplary scan motor comprises a spring module that includes a static substrate and a dynamic substrate coupled togethe... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7190817 | Mobile fingerprint scanner and docking station A system including a mobile or portable fingerprint scanner and one or more docking stations adapted to operatively receive the scanner. The scanner can be hand carried to various locations for obtaining fingerprint images and other information such as images from b... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190846 | Image reader A CCD camera 10 picks up multiple adjacent targeted portions on a document 2, and to obtain distance information, a distance measurement unit 11 calculates the distances to the targeted portions of the document 2. Based on the distance in... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7171255 | Virtual reality 3D visualization for surgical procedures A method and apparatus for three-dimensional imaging and treatment of a patient's body. The method and apparatus utilize a system for developing a therapy plan for treatment of an organ of the patient, a device for generating ultrasound image data from a treatment r... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7162292 | Beam scanning probe system for surgery With the beam scanning probe system for surgery, a pointer indicating the observation point of a beam scanning probe is superimposed upon an image of a lesion to be operated on in the head which is obtained via a TV camera or a surgery microscope, and the superimpos... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156812 | Volumetric image ultrasound transducer underfluid catheter system An underfluid ultrasound imaging catheter system includes a catheter having a distal end inserted into an underfluid structure, an ultrasonic transducer array mounted proximate the distal end of the catheter wherein the array has a row of individual transducer cryst... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7150716 | Measuring transducer movement methods and systems for multi-dimensional ultrasound imaging Methods and systems for measuring transducer movement are provided. For example, free-hand scanning for three-dimensional imaging is provided. An optical sensor within the transducer measures motion along the skin surface similar to measuring movement of a personal ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7144371 | Transesophageal ultrasound probe having a rotating endoscope shaft A transesophageal ultrasound probe for imaging internal structures via an imaging element located on the distal end of a rotating endoscope shaft. The probe includes a rotating endoscope having an imaging element mounted on the distal end of the rotating endoscope s... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7128711 | Positioning systems and methods for guided ultrasound therapy systems Systems and methods are provided for positioning a therapy device, such as an ultrasound transducer, using a tilt sensor carried by the transducer and a positioner coupled to the transducer. The positioner provides roll and pitch control as well as translating the t... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7123755 | Image input apparatus, subject identification system, subject verification system and image input method The present invention provides high-accuracy image input capable of correcting for uneven lighting due to the shape of the subject, its reflectivity, its positioning and ambient light conditions, without increasing the scale of the circuitry or its costs. The image ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7111174 | Method and system for providing access to secure entity or service by a subset of N persons of M designated persons A security system for securing an entity or a service from indiscriminate access and a method for operating the same is disclosed. Each designated person of M designated persons is provided with a portable biometric device. Biometric data in dependence upon a biomet... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7103205 | Breast cancer screening with ultrasound image overlays An adjunctive ultrasound mammography system and associated methods are described in which an ultrasound image being displayed near an x-ray mammogram image may be superimposed thereon or thereunder by a user for facilitating rapid comprehension of breast structures ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7074189 | Endoscopically deliverable ultrasound imaging system and method of use An ultrasound imaging system has an ultrasound probe adapted to be placed in an instrument working channel of an endoscope, the ultrasound probe having a probe housing; an ultrasound transducer mounted within the probe housing; and an elongate flexible cord extendin... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7052462 | Ultrasonic probe and ultrasonic diagnostic equipment A flexible shaft is inserted through a sheath constituting an insertion portion of an ultrasonic probe connected to an ultrasonic observation apparatus, an ultrasonic transducer driven to rotate, etc., is attached at the distal end portion thereof, and an ultrasonic... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7052463 | Method and apparatus for cooling a contacting surface of an ultrasound probe A cooling system for an ultrasonic imaging system is provided, the ultrasonic imaging system having a probe for transmitting and receiving acoustic signals through a tip of the probe to and from biological tissue contacting the tip at an outer surface of the tip. Th... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7021143 | Cylindrically-rotating ultrasonic phased array inspection method for resistance spot welds The present invention provides an ultrasonic inspection assembly having an ultrasonic transducer mounted on a stage, with a support structure below. The support structure is coupled to the stage, and the support structure has an interior space filled with a couplant... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7006580 | Method for controlling a data transmission pre-emphasis unit and a data transmission system employing the method In a pre-emphasis unit device which transmits signals along a transmission line with a frequency-dependent pre-emphasis, the frequency response of the pre-emphasis unit is varied to match characteristics of the transmission line. Initially the pre-emphasis unit is s... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6980676 | Medical imaging system An imaging system including means for transmitting a digital image, an image base, a sensor, means for referencing positions on a dummy, echographic display means, means for recalculation of a three-dimensional image, and means for receiving expert assessment result... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6974465 | Driveable catheter system The system (2) includes a catheter drive unit (22) and a catheter (24) extending therefrom movably mounted to a catheter drive sled (26). The catheter drive unit rotates and translates the catheter core (34) within the catheter she... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6957771 | System for secure, identity authenticated, and immediate financial transactions as well as activation of varied instrumentalities The present invention concerns apparatus and methods for a family of electronic devices based on the concept of a Personalized Authenticated Controller (PAC). The PAC is able to recognize characteristics of an authorized person and allows only that person to rapidly... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6949071 | Method for exploring and displaying tissue of human or animal origin from a high frequency ultrasound probe A method for displaying scanned ultrasound images of tissue employs an apparatus including an ultrasound probe mounted to a mechanical head. A three-dimensional positioning system mounts the head for positioning the probe in proximate orthogonal relation to the tiss... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6942617 | Automatic stone-tracking system A tracking system for stone treatment by extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy includes a data processing unit, a motion controller, a servo-moving platform, a stone image-processing module, a stone localization module, and a moving-mechanism control module. With th... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6928181 | Method and system for biometric recognition using unique internal distinguishing characteristics The present invention is a biometric recognition method and system for identifying humans and animals with acoustic scanning techniques. The invention is based upon transmitting acoustic energy through an external accessible surface to non-visible internal tissue ha... | 08/09/2005 |
