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7549960 Implantable and insertable passive tags  
Apparatus for determining the position of an object within a body of a subject includes at least one acoustic wave generator, adapted to direct a first acoustic wave toward the body at a first...
7500952 Portable ultrasound imaging system  
A portable ultrasound imaging system includes a scan head coupled by a cable to a portable battery-powered data processor and display unit. The scan head enclosure houses an array of ultrasonic...
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...
7272529 Dual wall turbine blade ultrasonic wall thickness measurement technique  
A method and apparatus is provided to analyze a dual wall structure having at least one hollow core therein and having the same unknown material sound velocities in walls and in post as well. A...
7258674 Ultrasonic treatment and imaging of adipose tissue  
A system for the destruction of adipose tissue utilizing high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) within a patient's body. The system comprises a controller for data storage and the operation and...
7255678 High frequency, high frame-rate ultrasound imaging system  
A system for producing an ultrasound image comprises a scan head having a transducer capable of generating ultrasound energy at a frequency of at least 20 megahertz (MHz), and a processor for...
7207996 Doppler directed suturing and compression device and method  
A compression and ligation device includes a pair of jaws including one or more Doppler chips oriented to send and receive Doppler signals across the jaws, to assist a practitioner in determining...
7166075 Elastographic imaging of in vivo soft tissue  
Elastographic images provide visualization in two or three dimensions of RF ablation lesions to guide in the ablation process. Compression may be applied using the RF probe. A similar technique may...
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...
7022080 Electrical and mechanical enhancements for a modular transducer system  
The preferred embodiments described herein provide electrical and mechanical enhancements for a modular transducer system. In one preferred embodiment, a multiplexer is provided to reduce the...
7022075 User interface for handheld imaging devices  
A Graphical User Interface (GUI) for an ultrasound system. The ultrasound system has operational modes and the GUI has corresponding icons, tabs, and menu items image and information fields. The...
7004904 Image enhancement and segmentation of structures in 3D ultrasound images for volume measurements  
A segmentation algorithm is optimized to robustly locate and measure the volume of fluid filled or non-fluid filled structures or organs from imaging systems derived from ultrasound, computer...
RE38971 Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and method  
According to an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus of the present invention, a cross section of an examining human body having bubbles implanted as ultrasonic shadowing agent is scanned by an...
6926671 Ultrasonic imaging apparatus and method  
An ultrasonic imaging apparatus and method combines dynamically focused reception and coded transmission/reception technologies by inexpensive circuitry. A receive aperture is divided into smaller...
6780154 Segmented handheld medical ultrasound system and method  
A segmented ultrasound system is provided. Ultrasound data, such as image data in a video format, is wirelessly transmitted to a multi-use display device from a handheld ultrasound device. Any of...
6719698 Ultrasonic transducer probe and a measurement device utilizing the same  
A probe device is presented for use in an ultrasound-based measurement device for blood flow measurements in a patient's body. The probe comprises a housing containing a transducer arrangement. An...
6638229 Image producing apparatus  
Image producing apparatus 10, 100 comprising means 48, 112 for producing and also receiving an ultrasound signal, the apparatus being arranged such that a plurality of ultrasound signals are...
6602193 Ultrasound handpiece  
A handpiece having a set of longitudinally vibrating piezoelectric elements and which may additionally have an electric motor to provide rotational or oscillatory movement to the ultrasound horn....
6540679 Visual imaging system for ultrasonic probe  
A non-invasive visual imaging system is provided, wherein the imaging system procures an image of a transducer position during diagnostic or therapeutic treatment. In addition, the system suitably...
6527721 Portable ultrasound system with battery backup for efficient shutdown and restart  
An ultrasound system is described which can be turned off quickly by an operator command or in response to an interruption of a.c. power to the system. When a.c. power is cut off, the system...
6494840 Portable ultrasonic palpation system  
A portable ultrasound palpation device for measuring the Young's modulus and the thickness of a soft tissue layer includes a hand-holdable palpation probe having an ultrasonic transceiver connected...
6468220 Echography probe and accessories  
A probe including a body having a main chamber receiving an assembly for transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic wave. The assembly is mounted on a frame driven in reciprocating motion by a...
6383139 Ultrasonic signal processor for power doppler imaging in a hand held ultrasonic diagnostic instrument  
A hand held ultrasonic instrument is provided in a portable unit which performs both B mode and Doppler imaging. The instrument includes a transducer array mounted in a hand-held enclosure, with an...
6378376 Ultrasound transducer mounting assembly  
The present invention provides a mounting assembly, for use with an ultrasound transducer attached to an ultrasound machine, for determining the spacial relationship between a succession of 2D...
6361531 Focused ultrasound ablation devices having malleable handle shafts and methods of using the same  
A focused ultrasound ablation device includes an ultrasound emitting member and a handle shaft having a distal end at which the ultrasound emitting member is disposed. The handle shaft is malleable...
6248072 Hand controlled scanning device  
A hand held imaging probe for use by a surgeon as a diagnostic tool is described. The probe is held and operated in one hand by the surgeon independent of any other operator. The probe incorporates...
6203498 Ultrasonic imaging device with integral display  
A hand held ultrasonic imaging device is provided as an integral unit with all components and circuitry necessary for both image acquisition and image display included in a single enclosure....
6200269 Forward-scanning ultrasound catheter probe  
A forward-scanning ultrasound catheter probe. An ultrasound catheter probe includes a forward-scanning transducer positioned at the tip of the probe. As such, the forward-scanning transducer may...
6198956 High speed sector scanning apparatus having digital electronic control  
An ultrasonic scanner has a housing, an ultrasonic transducer mounted within the housing for back-and-forth motion about a pivot, a permanent magnet affixed to the rear of the transducer, and...
6190323 Direct contact scanner and related method  
A direct contact scanner uses a fiber acoustic waveguide to convey ultrasound from an ultrasound transducer to a direct contact area. The waveguide extends from a main body of the scanner into an...
5977538 Optoacoustic imaging system  
An optoacoustic system comprises an optoacoustic transducer including a first array of acoustic transducers and a second array of optical fibers; an acoustic subsystem for controllably exciting at...
5779639 Ultrasound probe with offset angle tip  
An ultrasound imaging probe having connected tip and handle regions with longitudinal axes that intersect each other at an acute angle. An ultrasonic transducer opposes a patient-contacting surface...
5690110 Ultrasound scanner head  
A mechanical scan type ultrasound scanner head for ultrasound examination systems, which is capable of detecting the position or distance of movement of an ultrasound transducer in mechanical...
5619999 Body surface position locator for ultrasound transducer  
An ultrasound imaging system comprises a position location array adapted to be affixed to a surface layer of an imaging subject. The position location array comprises a plurality of electrodes...
5552645 Automatic probe activation  
Ultrasound imaging system providing automatic activation of a probe, which ultrasound system includes: (a) a motion sensor for detecting motion of the probe and for generating a signal in response...
5474072 Methods and apparatus for performing sonomammography  
Apparatus is provided that combines mammography equipment with an ultrasonic transducer to generate ultrasonic images of the internal structure of breast tissue that are in geometric registration...
5467779 Multiplanar probe for ultrasonic imaging  
A multiplanar ultrasonic probe incorporates a mechanically rotatable linear phased transducer array. The transducer array can be remotely maneuvered to change the scan plane. A ring gear affixed to...
5450851 Ultrasonic probe assembly  
An ultrasonic probe assembly in which an ultrasonic transducer is mechanically scanned in response to a drive motor which is located in a housing spaced from the transducer such that the transducer...
5417216 Mechanical radial scan type ultrasound probe  
A mechanical radial scan type ultrasound probe which essentially includes: a tubular probe body having an ultrasound transducer element mounted at the fore end of a rotation transmission means; an...
5402789 Ultrasonic peripheral vascular probe assembly  
An ultrasonic probe has a housing, a base pivotally mounted within the housing, an extension formed upon the base, and a scanning ultrasonic transducer disposed upon the distal end of the...
5400790 Intracavitary ultrasound probe  
An intracavitary ultrasound probe, for producing a number of tomograms of an examination region with a common origin, includes a section adapted for introduction into a body cavity, the section...
5377682 Ultrasonic probe for transmission and reception of ultrasonic wave and ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus including ultrasonic probe  
An ultrasonic probe to be used for an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus for obtaining an ultrasonic image. The ultrasonic probe comprises a catheter having a hollow tubing structure, a joint having a...
5357963 Sealed magnetic drive means without a passage through a wall and ultrasound probe comprising an application thereof  
The invention relates to a magnetic drive device enabling a member placed one side of a non-magnetic wall to be driven by a rotary drive shaft placed on the other side of the wall. The driven...
5351692 Laparoscopic ultrasonic probe  
An ultrasonic probe has an elongate tubular member and an imaging ultrasonic transducer pivotally mounted proximate the distal end of the tubular member. Reciprocating pivotal motion of the...
5229933 2-D phased array ultrasound imaging system with distributed phasing  
A two-dimensional phased array ultrasound imaging system distributes signal delays between its probe and its base section. The transducer elements are grouped and relative delays between elements...
5178150 Miniature ultrasound imaging probe  
A miniature ultrasound imaging probe that may be delivered through the biopsy channel of an endoscope. The probe includes a probe tip mounted at the distal end of a flexible catheter. The probe tip...
5167234 Ultrasonic probe having rotary refracting member  
An ultrasonic probe includes a housing, a piezoelectric element provided in the housing, the piezoelectric element emitting an ultrasonic beam, and a refracting member rotatably provided in the...
5152294 Three-dimensional ultrasonic scanner  
A three-dimensional ultrasonic scanner for acquiring data concerning a three-dimensional area within a living body to be examined. In the inside of a scanner case is encased an array transducer...
5131396 Ultrasonic internal examination system  
Described herein is an ultrasonic internal examination system of the type having a rigid tip portion at the distal end of an ultrasonic probe to be inserted into an intracavitary portion of...
5107844 Ultrasonic observing apparatus  
An ultrasonic observing apparatus includes an ultrasonic wave transmitting and receiving apparatus for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves, a first scanning apparatus for moving the...
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