Rotating ultrasonic scanner
Patent 4455872 Issued on June 26, 1984. Estimated Expiration Date: 
April 25, 2003. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
April 25, 2003. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References3885437 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 06/480830 filed on 04/25/1983US Classes:73/618, Measuring or testing system having scanning means128/915, ULTRASOUND MAMMOGRAPHY600/444, With mechanical and electronic scanning600/445, Mechanical scanning73/621, Having compound scan73/633Having transducer scanning meansExaminersPrimary: Ciarlante, Anthony V.International ClassesA61B 8/08 (20060101)G10K 11/00 (20060101) G10K 11/35 (20060101) Foreign Application Priority Data1978-03-03 AUAbstractA rotating scanner for use in ultrasonic echoscopy has a linearly scanned transducer arrangement, for transmitting beams of ultrasonic energy into an object (and receiving reflected ultrasonic echoes from the object). The transducer arrangement is rotated about an axis passing through the center or one end of the linear scan. The linear scanning may be mechanical scanning, or by electronic switching of an array of transducer elements. | |
