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5111822 Piezoelectric article  
An article of manufacture which is used in medical treatment is a concave wave focusing device and a piezoelectric surface coupled to a target locating and treatment aiming ultrasound transducer...
5109860 Probe with curved bar for an echograph  
A curved bar probe (1) for an echograph is fabricated by using a thin support (2) on which is placed a bar of piezoelectric crystal. The bar is divided into a plurality of piezoelectric transducers...
5103825 Doppler transducer probe with direction indicator  
Current-responsive light-emitting diodes of different colors are provided adjacent to the tip of the hand-held transducer probe of a medical Doppler device. Mechanism is provided to actuate the...
5099459 Phased array ultrosonic transducer including different sized phezoelectric segments  
In a phased array acoustic transducer which has elements of different sizes, the piezoelectric material of large elements is subdiced to produce smaller segments to limit the overall piezoelectric...
5094243 Support for an echographic transducer, in particular an echocardiographic transducer  
The invention relates to a support for an echographic transducer, the support comprising a base (10), a transducer carrier (30), locking means (40) for locking the transducer carrier in position,...
5091893 Ultrasonic array with a high density of electrical connections  
A piezoelectric ultrasonic array transducer has its individual elements connected to external electronics via a high density interconnect structure which facilitates signal connection and...
5083568 Ultrasound diagnosing device  
An ultrasound diagnosing device in which resolving power becomes uniform in a direction orthogonal to a scanning direction of sound rays over a wide range from the shallow to the deep. Ultrasound...
5081995 Ultrasonic nondiffracting transducer  
An ultrasonic transducer for use in medical imaging systems includes a piezoelectric element having an active electrode formed as a series of concentric annular segments. Each segment is separately...
5078149 Ultrasonic coupler and method for production thereof  
An ultrasonic coupler provided with an ultrasonic wave propagating member formed of a water-containing polymeric gel and a holder for accommodating said propagating member and fixing it to a probe,...
5076278 Annular ultrasonic transducers employing curved surfaces useful in catheter localization  
An ultrasonic transducer for use in locating devices with an ultrasonic imaging system which is sensitive over a broad range of angles of incident acoustic beams, such as those beams emitted in...
5076279 Needle guide for assembly upon an ultrasound imaging transducer  
A biopsy needle guide for assembly with an ultrasound imaging transducer including a transducer nosepiece and a needle guide having at least one set of alignment means and a spring means for...
5070880 Transcranial Doppler transducer housing stabilizer  
A transducer housing stabilization device for supporting a transcranial Doppler transducer against a temporal bone of a head. The device includes a generally planar, rigid member having an opening...
5070881 Ultrasound apparatus for determining whether a female large animal is gravid  
Ultrasound apparatus for determining whether a female large animal, especially a cow or a mare, is gravid, with an ultrasonic head (1) that has an ultrasound transmitter (7) and receiver (8) at one...
5060653 Ultrasonic sensor with starved dilatational modes  
A method and apparatus to improve the performance of an ultrasonic imaging sensor [11] is disclosed. The key to the performance improvement obtained in the present invention is in the matching of...
5058592 Adjustable mountable doppler ultrasound transducer device  
An adjustable, mountable Doppler ultrasound transducer device is provided. The device comprises a ring segment for placement on a patient, and a transducer segment that is movably mounted on the...
5056522 Supersonic ophthalmic measuring apparatus  
A supersonic ophthalmic measuring apparatus includes a supersonic probe for contacting the cornea of an eye to be examined. A calculator for calculating the amount of depression of the cornea of...
5054470 Ultrasonic treatment transducer with pressurized acoustic coupling  
An ultrasound transducer for use with an ultrasound brain lesioning system includes an acoustic focusing lens, a piezoelectric transducer plate disposed in spaced relation with the focusing lens,...
5050585 Sheathed endoscope  
A sheathed endoscope having a flexible insert tube in the form of an elongated cylinder and a distal end portion with a viewing window which is coupled to the distal end of the insert tube. The...
5050128 Ultrasonic probe having an ultrasonic propagation medium  
Disclosed is an ultrasonic probe for use in medical diagnostic systems for examination within a human body. The ultrasonic probe comprises an array of transducer elements for transmission of...
5044370 Probe with bar of piezoelectric elements for ultrasound apparatus  
The electric connection between the control circuits (13,14) of a probe and the metallized faces (5,6) of the piezoelectric elements (2) of said probe is provided by metallizations (6,8) made on...
5042492 Probe provided with a concave arrangement of piezoelectric elements for ultrasound apparatus  
In order to make a probe having a concave attack face, a continuous acoustic transition blade (5) is used. Said blade is metallized (7) and is common contact with all the front metallizations (6)...
5039774 Liquid segment polyurethane gel and couplers for ultrasonic diagnostic probe comprising the same  
A one-component system polyurethane gel and a coupler for ultrasonic diagnostic probes comprising the same are disclosed. The gel is obtained by reacting a polyol having a room temperature liquid...
5025790 Graded frequency sensors  
A graded frequency ultrasonic sensor [10] that compensates for frequency downshifting [32] in the body is disclosed. The outer portion [20] of the sensor's aperture is sensitive to the lower...
5022401 Apparatus for positioning a measuring element  
An apparatus for positioning a measuring element that is pivotably mounted, via two parallelogram-type linkage systems that are disposed at an angle to one another, in such a way as to be movable...
5003516 Ultrasonic probe and manufacture method for same  
An ultrasonic probe comprising an acoustic lens (20) having a concave lens surface (21) formed on one side of a lens body, and a piezoelectric transducer (23) disposed on the other side of the...
5000185 Method for intravascular two-dimensional ultrasonography and recanalization  
Ultrasonic apparatus, system and method for high resolution intravascular imaging to assist indovascular lesions and to monitor the results of interventional therapy. An ultrasonic transducer is...
4995396 Radioactive ray detecting endoscope  
A radioactive ray detecting endoscope comprises an elongated insertable part, an ultrasonic imaging apparatus provided in the tip part of the insertable part for transmitting ultrasonic waves...
4992989 Ultrasound probe for medical imaging system  
An ultrasound probe for a medical imaging system, comprising an ultrasound absorber and a piezoelectric vibrator mounted on the ultrasound absorber, cut in the direction from the surface of the...
4977780 Ultrasonic probe device  
An ultrasonic probe device includes an ultrasonic probe for transmitting ultrasonic waves toward and receiving ultrasonic echoes from a target region in a body under examination, and an ultrasonic...
4949708 Hypothermia apparatus  
In a hyperthermia apparatus, ultrasonic waves obtained by using an ultrasonic vibrator are focused in a living body through an acoustic lens and degassed water to form a heating region. In this...
4947853 Sensor support base and method of application  
An improved sensor support base having a relatively flexible portion around its periphery, a highly absorbent material on the lower surface and a means for deforming the support base is disclosed....
4920966 Ultrasound transducer holder  
A device for attaching an ultrasonic transducer to the body of a patient, particularly to obtain the fetal heart rate in a pregnant patient, that does not require the use of belts, is disclosed....
4917095 Ultrasound location and therapy method and apparatus for calculi in the body  
An apparatus and a method for non-invasively decomposing a calculus in a human body include a mechanism for, and the step of, locating the calculus, a mechanism for, and the step of, delivering to...
4898177 Ultrasonic probe with finger grip adapter  
A pencil type ultrasonic probe to which a finger grip adapter is attached is fixed to a cable connected to an ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus. Operator's fingers are hooked on the adapter attached...
4870972 Multiple-frequency acoustic transducer, especially for medical imaging  
Disclosed is a probe for medical echography wherein, between the piezoelectric transducers and the backing, there is inserted a half-wave strip at the natural resonance frequency of these...
4867169 Attachment attached to ultrasound probe for clinical application  
In the present invention, an attachment which is attached to an ultrasound probe for clinical application is as follows. When the attachment is brought into contact with a skin surface of a body,...
4844080 Ultrasound contact medium dispenser  
The coupling agent dispenser serves to guide and, at the same, possibly to warm up the coupling agent, which is required for many medical examinations, directly during the examination from a...
4821245 Electromagnetic transducer  
An electromagnetic transducer for use in generating transient acoustic pulses in particular for medical purposes such as the destruction of kidney stones. The transducer comprises at least one pair...
4817621 Apparatus including doppler signal transducer for determing the position of an object  
An apparatus for determining the position of an object or measuring point via a measuring element that is embodied as a Doppler signal emitter and receiver. Two parallelogram-type linkage systems,...
4815470 Inflatable sheath for ultrasound probe  
Sheath 50, 100 for an ultrasound probe 52 includes a sheath body 70 and an end cap 76. The sheath body is disposed about the probe 52 with the end cap 76 disposed about the end 57 of the probe 52....
4811740 Ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus capable of probe exchange  
An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus capable of interchangeably using a plurality of probes each having ultrasonic transducer elements disposed in an array and being detachably connected to the...
4796632 Standoff adapter for ultrasound probe  
An adapter and standoff for an ultrasound probe includes a first compression molded coupler portion and a second compression molded receptacle portion which are assembled to define a fluid cavity...
4794930 Attachment for diagnostic ultrasound probe  
An attachment to a diagnostic ultrasound probe having a beam radiating surface from which ultrasound beam is radiated in a first plane toward a skin surface of an organic body through the...
4794931 Catheter apparatus, system and method for intravascular two-dimensional ultrasonography  
Ultrasonic apparatus, system and method for high resolution intravascular imaging to assist indovascular lesions and to monitor the results of interventional therapy. An ultrasonic transducer is...
4757821 Omnidirectional ultrasonic probe  
An omnidirectional ultrasonic probe, having specific application for connection to the distal end of an esophageal catheter, includes a support member upon which are coaxially mounted a transmitter...
4748985 Ultrasonic imaging apparatus having circulating cooling liquid for cooling ultrasonic transducers thereof  
An ultrasonic imaging apparatus comprises an ultrasonic transducer having two ultrasonic transducer elements which rotatably arranged back to back at the distal portion of an endoscope and a motor...
4722346 Stand-off device with special fluid  
A stand-off device for use with acoustic transducers is described in which a chamber having a diaphragm portion contains liquid, the ratio of the acoustic impedance of said diaphragm to the...
4722347 Apparatus for measuring cardiac output  
Blood flow in the aorta and pulmonary artery of a mammal, most typically a human, is measured volumetrically by a non-invasive, ultrasound apparatus. A piezoelectric ultrasound transducer mounted...
4688578 Ultrasonic probe device  
A probe has a step portion between its upper and lower lateral faces. A water bag has a container portion for containing water therein, and an engaging portion which is integrally formed with the...
4674517 Noninvasive ultrasonic probes  
An ultrasonic probe for insonifying the ascending aorta of a supine or reclining human patient. The probe has a head housing transducers for insonifying the patient's ascending aorta and for...
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