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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182428 | Dual frequency band ultrasound transducer arrays An acoustic probe transmits/receives acoustic pulses with frequencies both in a high frequency (HF), and a selectable amount of lower frequency (LF1, LF2, . . . , LFn, . . . ) bands. The radiation surfaces of at least two of the multiple frequency bands have a commo... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8172757 | Methods and devices for image-guided manipulation or sensing or anatomic structures Forward-looking ultrasound transducers are positioned at the tip of a transseptal catheter to facilitate transseptal puncture and interventions within the left atrium, pulmonary veins and mitral valve. Catheter devices and systems are guided by forward-looking ultra... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172758 | Transesophageal ultrasound probe with an adaptive bending section When transesophageal echocardiography is used to obtain a transgastric short axis view of the left ventricle of the heart, the best place to position the transducer is in the fundus of the stomach, aimed up through the left ventricle. The probes disclosed herein fac... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167808 | Treatment instrument system A treatment instrument system according to the present invention includes: an endoscope having a treatment instrument channel; an ultrasound probe inserted through the treatment instrument channel of the endoscope; an ultrasound observing apparatus having a blood fl... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8162840 | High power ultrasound transducer Disclosed is a high power ultrasound transducer consisting of piezoelectric ceramic elements, an acoustic impedance matching plate, and an assembly of electric contacts arranged to provide voltage to each of said piezoelectric elements. One or more resilient electri... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162839 | Protected passive resonating sensors A protected resonating sensor may include at least one resonating sensor unit. Each sensor unit has one or more vibratable members. The protected sensor includes a compliant member that forms part of one or more chambers. A first side of the compliant member may be ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8152729 | Two-dimensional array ultrasonic probe A two-dimensional array ultrasonic probe is provided with a two-dimensional ultrasonic array and a surface protection layer provided on the array. The two-dimensional ultrasonic array arranges a plurality of piezoelectric vibration elements two-dimensionally. The su... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152728 | Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus A probe includes a transducer unit including a plurality of transducers which are arrayed in the first direction, transmit ultrasonic waves and receive echo signals, and a moving mechanism for continuously moving the transducer unit in the second direction crossing ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8137279 | Scanning probe An ultrasound cavital probe suitable for transrectal or other usage, includes an ultrasound probe, having an outer housing, a pair of motors within one end of the housing, a first shaft operatively associated with one of the motors to provide longitudinal movement t... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8137280 | Digital ultrasound beam former with flexible channel and frequency range reconfiguration A digital ultrasound beam former for ultrasound imaging, that can be configured by a control processor to process the signals from ultrasound transducer arrays with variable number of elements at variable sampling frequencies, where the lowest sampling frequency all... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8133182 | Multi-dimensional transducer array and beamforming for ultrasound imaging The electrodes for a CMUT are split to provide separate transmit and receive bias and alternating current electrodes. The transmit electrodes of different elements are interconnected, such as rows sharing bias and columns sharing transmit alternating signals. The bi... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8128568 | Handheld volumetric ultrasound scanning device An apparatus and related methods for ultrasonically scanning a tissue volume are described, the apparatus being particularly advantageous in the context of freehand ultrasound assisted biopsy of the breast although readily applied to non-biopsy contexts and other bo... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8118747 | Ergonomic housing for electroacoustic transducers particularly for ultrasound imaging and ultrasound probe with said housing An ergonomic housing for electroacoustic transducers, particularly for ultrasound imaging, includes at least an inner space (4) housing, one or more electroacoustic transducers (5) and possible further electric and/or electronic components (6/7)... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8114024 | Seal for a rotating shaft An encapsulated rotary seal around a rotating shaft, the seal having an outer annular body and an inner annular body. The inner annular body engages the rotating shaft and permits free rotation of the shaft while providing a liquid tight seal around the rotating sha... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8092391 | Ultrasonic imaging catheter An ultrasonic imaging catheter apparatus and a method of using the same to scan the inner wall of a body lumen. The ultrasonic imaging catheter apparatus comprises: (a) a flexible elongate element adapted for insertion into a body lumen, the elongate element having ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8088071 | Modular apparatus for diagnostic ultrasound A modular diagnostic ultrasound apparatus is provided comprising a core unit, system electronics and an I/O port. The core unit comprises a housing and a system electronics package within the housing. The system electronics has one or more concatenated filters, incl... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8083681 | Ultrasonic probe An ultrasonic probe according to the present invention includes an inserting portion to be inserted into a body cavity and a grip portion 1 held by an operator outside of the body cavity. The inserting portion 2 includes a transducer unit 4, a r... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8075489 | Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus Pressure distribution on a surface of an ultrasonic probe can be measured directly. Piezoelectric sensors, in which a piezoelectric thin film is formed on a film-like substrate, are arranged in the form of an array on the surface of an ultrasonic probe, and a sensor... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8066643 | Ultrasonic endoscope The present invention provides an ultrasonic endoscope, comprising: an ultrasonic transducer in a cylindrical shape including a plurality of piezoelectric devices, an acoustic matching layer stacked on a principal plane on a sound emitting plane side, an acoustic le... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8062225 | Immersion bag system for use with an ultrasound probe An immersion bag system for use with an ultrasound probe to overcome near field artifact including a flexible thin wall thickness immersion bag with an attached flexible collar having an integral internal seal. The immersion bag contains a gel or other ultrasound tr... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8052607 | Ultrasound imaging catheter with pivoting head An ultrasound imaging catheter system includes a pivot head assembly coupled between a ultrasound transducer array and the distal end of the catheter. The pivot head assembly includes a pivot joint enabling the transducer array to pivot through a large angle about t... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8047995 | Ultrasonic transducer, method of manufacturing ultrasonic transducer, ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, and ultrasonic microscope A ultrasonic transducer of the invention comprises: a transducer cell including a first electrode and a second electrode disposed separated from the first electrode by an air gap portion; and an electret for applying a potential difference between the first electrod... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8043220 | Ultrasonograph An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasound probe, a transmission unit for transmitting an ultrasound signal to an object to be examined via the ultrasound probe, a reception unit for processing a signal received by the ultrasound probe, and an image g... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8043221 | Multi-headed imaging probe and imaging system using same A diagnostic imaging system is provided that includes an image acquisition component, a transmitter operatively coupled to the image acquisition component to transmit a signal therefrom, and a beamformer operatively coupled to the image acquisition component to rece... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8038621 | Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and catheter tip part detection method An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes plural ultrasonic transducers, a catheter signal detection unit and a position detection unit. The plural ultrasonic transducers are arrayed two-dimensionally for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves to and from an ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8038622 | Wired and wireless remotely controlled ultrasonic transducer and imaging apparatus A remotely manipulatable transducer element or linear transducer array for use with a remote work station including a display permits an operator of an ultrasound system to be remotely located from a patient. The transducer or linear transducer array comprises an as... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8033997 | Interdigitated geometry transducer for optimizing the irradiated acoustic beam The invention relates to an ultrasonic transducer comprising a plurality of micro-cells, arranged in an array having M rows and N columns, and driving electronic means apt to connect in parallel to each other said micro-cells so as to form at least two sub-groups of... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8021304 | Ultrasonic probe A technique for reducing the looseness of a wire and reducing the positional error of an ultrasonic transducer is disclosed. According to the technique, inside a tip portion 3 of an insertion portion 2, middle pulleys 11a, 11b | 09/20/2011 |
| 8012094 | Immersion bag system for use with an ultrasound probe An immersion bag system for use with an ultrasound probe to overcome near field artifact includes a flexible thin wall thickness immersion bag with an attached flexible collar having an integral internal seal. The immersion bag contains a gel or other ultrasound tra... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8012095 | Immersion bag system for use with an ultrasound probe An immersion bag system for use with an ultrasound probe to overcome near field artifact includes a flexible thin wall thickness immersion bag with an attached flexible collar having an integral internal seal. The immersion bag contains a gel or other ultrasound tra... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8007439 | Method and apparatus to produce ultrasonic images using multiple apertures A combination of an ultrasonic scanner and an omnidirectional receive transducer for producing a two-dimensional image from the echoes received by the single omnidirectional transducer is described. Two-dimensional images with different noise components can be const... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7998078 | Ultrasonic probe having a device for coupling a wire-rope to a transducer Embodiments of the present invention may provide an ultrasonic probe having a device for coupling a wire-rope to a transducer. A worker can easily couple the wire-rope to the transducer and can conveniently adjust the tension of the wire-rope. The ultrasonic probe h... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7998077 | Device for rotating a transducer of an ultrasonic probe Embodiments of the present invention may provide a device for rotating a transducer of an ultrasonic probe, which has a simple manufacturing process and a small size. The device may comprise: a drive motor; a pulley rotatably driven by the drive motor; wire-ropes wo... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7985183 | Ultrasonic diagnostic equipment and ultrasonic image generation method The difference frequency component between a first fundamental wave of frequency f and a second fundamental wave of frequency f2 is caused to interact with a second harmonic wave, thereby to attain the enhancement of a second harmonic signal, etc.,... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7978461 | Enhanced ultrasound system An enhanced ultrasound housing and enhanced ultrasound platform facilitates a technician-friendly layout by providing a beneficial ergonomic layout. Control switches may also be configured to provide convenient implementation of ultrasound techniques. Further, an en... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7972271 | Apparatus and method for phased subarray imaging An invention for coherent array image formation and restoration is taught. The invention is applicable for both 2D and 3D imaging using either 1D or 2D arrays, respectively. A transducer array is subdivided into subarrays, each subarray having a number of adjacent a... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7967755 | Ultrasonic probe The present invention relates to an ultrasonic probe comprising a group of piezoelectric elements consisting of a plurality of piezoelectric elements of a narrow card shape arrayed in a long-axis direction thereof and a rotational mechanism that rotates and oscillat... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7967754 | Integrated bias circuitry for ultrasound imaging devices configured to image the interior of a living being The systems and methods described herein allow for the application of a bias voltage to one or more transducers implemented within a medical ultrasound imaging system. Bias circuitry is placed within an imaging device and used to apply a DC bias to one or more trans... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7955266 | Ultrasonic contact transducer with multiple emitting elements and means of bringing these elements into contact Ultrasonic contact transducer with multiple ultrasonic emitting elements and means of bringing these elements into contact. This transducer is applicable particularly to non-destructive testing and comprises means (8, 10) for bringing elements (2 | 06/07/2011 |
| 7931596 | Ultrasound interfacing device for tissue imaging A device (10) used with high frequency ultrasound provides a replaceable barrier between the ultrasound transducer and the tissues being imaged. The device (10) provides an acoustic pathway of minimal effect on the ultrasound signals, and furthermore p... | 04/26/2011 |
