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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4333474 | Ultrasonic imaging system The invention is directed to an ultrasonic apparatus for imaging sections of a body, including a reflective scanner. Two transducers are employed, one for transmitting and the other for receiving. The transducer used for transmitting is mounted in conjunc... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4330874 | Mechanical sector scanner head and power train A curved faced, disc shaped transducer and an oppositely facing, circular angularly disposed mirror form the transmission and reception path of a mechanical sector scan imaging system. The transducer and mirror are mounted on a common axis, and a shaft up... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4325381 | Ultrasonic scanning head with reduced geometrical distortion An improved ultrasonic scanning head is disclosed for use in an apparatus for imaging sections of a body by transmitting ultrasonic energy into the body and determining the characteristics of the ultrasonic energy reflected therefrom. The scanning head in... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4315435 | Dual scan ultrasonic scanner An ultrasonic scanner for use in medical diagnosis which produces two different types of scans. The scanner includes a housing carrying one or more ultrasonic transducers which traverse an arcuate path. A first reflector is positioned within the arcuate p... | 02/16/1982 |
| 4274421 | Echo sound apparatus including an oscillating mirror for use in medical diagnosis An echo sounding apparatus which includes an ultrasonic transmitter-receiver probe 3 generating a horizontal ultrasonic beam and a mirror 4 inclined at 45° with respect to the said beam and driven by a torque motor 5 for oscillatory conical motion about ... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4248090 | Apparatus for ultrasonically imaging a body The disclosure is directed to an apparatus for ultrasonically investigating a section or slice of a body by transmitting ultrasonic energy into the body and determining the characteristics of the ultrasonic energy reflected therefrom. A transducer is coup... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4246791 | Ultrasonic imaging apparatus A portable ultrasonic scanning module is disclosed which includes a fluid-tight enclosure having a window at about the front thereof and a reflective scanner at about the rear thereof and generally facing the window. A transducer is mounted in the enclosu... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4231373 | Ultrasonic imaging apparatus A data acquisition head for an ultrasonic imaging system which employs a plurality of transducers is disclosed. The transducers are rotated in a liquid filled chamber at a constant rate, each about an axis perpendicular to its transmission axis. The trans... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4185501 | Ultrasonic sector scanner An ultrasonic sector scanner for producing a sector scan in an object to be examined in which one or more ultrasonic transducers are positioned to direct ultrasonic waves toward the surface of one or more movable reflectors. The movable reflectors travers... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4177679 | Ultrasonic applicator for ultrasonic scanning of bodies and method of using the same An ultrasonic applicator is illustrated for ultrasonic scanning of internal body regions, particularly for obtaining ultrasonic echo sectional views thereof for medical diagnostic purposes, wherein an ultrasonic transducer system directs sequential pulses... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4151834 | Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprises a probe having at least one electro-acoustic transducing element, a motor for imparting a sector motion to the probe, a pulse oscillator for energizing the electro-acoustic transducing element to generate ultra... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4106492 | Real time two-dimensional mechanical ultrasonic sector scanner with electronic control of sector width An ultrasonic scanning system for echocardiography or the like, the system including a pivoted transducer in a manually-held housing containing a reversible low-inertia servo motor drivingly connected to the transducer via reduction gearing for oscillatin... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4092867 | Ultrasonic scanning apparatus An ultrasonic scanner having a housing, an ultrasonic transducer disposed within the housing and mounted for movement in a predetermined path therewithin. Magnetic means are provided for effecting movement of the transducer in a predetermined path, and el... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4084582 | Ultrasonic imaging system The invention is utilized in an apparatus for imaging sections of a body by transmitting ultrasonic energy into the body and determining the characteristics of the ultrasonic energy reflected therefrom. Such an apparatus typically includes a timer for gen... | 04/18/1978 |
| 3974826 | Display circuitry for ultrasonic imaging Ultrasonic probe apparatus for real time B-mode sector scan examination of a cross section of a structure such as the human heart. A transducer is pivotally mounted near an end of an elongated housing, and linkage means are provided in the housing for osc... | 08/17/1976 |
| 3955561 | Cardioscan probe Ultrasonic probe apparatus for real time B-mode sector scan examination of a cross section of a structure such as the human heart. A transducer is pivotally mounted near an end of an elongated housing, and linkage means are provided in the housing for osc... | 05/11/1976 |
