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7618373 |
Microfabricated ultrasonic transducer array for 3-D imaging and method of operating the same
A capacitive microfabricated transducer array used for 3-D imaging, with a relatively large elevation dimension and a bias control of the elevation aperture in space and time, confers the same...
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7613503 |
Device with infusion holes for imaging inside a blood vessel
An imaging device such as a catheter has a plurality of infusion holes adapted to infuse liquid into the blood stream while substantially preventing radial jetting. An example imaging catheter...
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7613493 |
Automatic/manual longitudinal position translator and rotary drive system for catheters
An automatic pullback catheter system ( 2 ) includes a disposable catheter assembly ( 6 ) mountable to a drive assembly ( 4 ). The drive assembly includes a body ( 8 ) to which a drive. chassis (...
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7611462 |
Acoustic beam forming in phased arrays including large numbers of transducer elements
A focused ultrasound system includes a transducer array, a controller for providing drive signals to the transducer array, and a switch. The transducer array includes a plurality of “n”...
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7608044 |
Ultrasonic image display method and ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus
An ultrasonic image display method for displaying a composite image made from a B mode image and a tissue velocity image of an object taken by means of ultrasound. The method includes decreasing...
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7604645 |
Ultrasound probe support and stepping device
The present invention provides an apparatus for guiding a medical instrument. The medical apparatus includes a bracket member having a cavity dimensioned and configured to receive at least a...
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7603159 |
Method for transcutaneous catheter guiding
The invention relates to a method of determining the position of a catheter introduced along a guide wire inserted into a body, in which method an image of the guide wire and the body region at the...
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7601122 |
Ultrasonic elastography with angular compounding
Ultrasonic strain measurements, which characterize the structure of tissue, may be obtained by combining multiple echo signals acquired at different compressions and at different angles. Such...
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7598658 |
Ultrasonic probe
An ultrasonic probe includes piezoelectric elements each including grooves parallel to each other and arrayed in a direction substantially parallel to the grooves, and a mixed member which is to...
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7597665 |
Ultrasonic medical device and associated method
A medical system includes a multiplicity of electromechanical transducers disposable in effective pressure-wave-transmitting contact with a patient and mounted to a carrier. Energization...
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7591794 |
Therapy probe
A surgical coagulation instrument having a planar ultrasound transducer without a membrane, mounted in the region of an end of a câble is provided The instrument additionally has a fluid circuit....
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7591786 |
Dock for connecting peripheral devices to a modular diagnostic ultrasound apparatus
The present invention describes a system for use with a core module for diagnostic ultrasound, the system comprising at least one core module having a housing, system electronics package and a I/O...
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7588540 |
Ultrasonic probe for scanning a volume
An ultrasonic imaging probe is provided which is capable of capturing “on-the-fly” scanning planes in successive positions of the probe so as to form a volumetric image representation at a real...
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7588539 |
Integrated low-power pw/cw transmitter
Integrated circuit transmitters allow for ultrasound imaging with both pulsed and continuous waves. High voltage and low voltage switches are integrated onto a same semiconductor chip. The high...
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7575552 |
Ultrasonic probe with acoustic medium
There is provided an ultrasonic probe that can transmit and receive ultrasonic waves with high sensitivity and can drive an ultrasonic transducing part smoothly at high speed. The ultrasonic probe...
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7573182 |
Ultrasonic transducer
An ultrasonic transducer of the type containing a cylindrical piezoelectric active element mounted on a supporting tube is provided with a backing component made of an electrically and thermally...
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7572224 |
Ultrasonic probe and ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus
The present invention relates to an ultrasonic probe including a piezoelectric element, a first acoustic matching layer provided on the front face of the piezoelectric element and formed of a solid...
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7566305 |
Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus
An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes an ultrasound probe and a main unit. The ultrasound probe includes a cable, a probe head coupled to one end of the cable, and a connector coupled to the...
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7563242 |
Ultrasonic surgery apparatus
An ultrasonic surgery apparatus capable of setting surgical conditions properly in accordance with hardness of a nucleus lentis and performing surgery with efficiency is disclosed. The ultrasonic...
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7559897 |
Electronic array probe for ultrasonic imaging
An electronic array probe for ultrasonic imaging includes an array of transmitting and/or receiving electroacoustic transducers arranged in concentric bands in which the transducers are tangent to...
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7558410 |
Fingerprint scanning station
The invention may be embodied as a fingerprint scanner having a housing, a curved-surface imaging system and a planar imaging system. The curved-surface imaging system may be capable of collecting...
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7556603 |
Ultrasonic cellular tissue screening system
A system for screening breast tissue is disclosed. The system comprises an ultrasound probe and a carrier adapted to support the ultrasound probe and to progressively move the probe over the breast...
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7549964 |
Multiple frequency doppler ultrasound probe
A method of measuring blood flow through a blood vessel is provided using a single quasi-continuous mode probe that can support multiple frequencies without increasing the probe tip size. A...
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7547283 |
Methods for determining intracranial pressure non-invasively
Systems and methods for determining ICP based on parameters that can be measured using non-invasive or minimally invasive techniques are provided, wherein a non-linear relationship is used to...
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7547282 |
Ultrasonic monitor for measuring heart and pulse rates
The invention provides an ultrasonic monitor for measuring pulse rate values in a living subject, including a module with at least one source of ultrasonic energy, a gel pad comprised of a polymer...
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7545079 |
Photoetched ultrasound transducer components
A photoetchable glass ceramic is used to form a three dimensional structure for a transducer component. This photostructurable material allows generation of various shapes or structures. For...
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7544166 |
Systems and methods for imaging with deployable imaging devices
The systems and methods described herein provide for a medical device insertable into the body of a living being having an imaging device with a layout that is adjustable from an undeployed layout,...
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7544165 |
Dynamically configurable ultrasound transducer with integral bias regulation and command and control circuitry
A dynamically configurable ultrasound transducer element and related circuits and methods. The transducer may comprise an array of capacitive transducer elements, a row decoder coupled to said...
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7544164 |
Ultrasound probes with improved electrical isolation
Ultrasound probe ( 10 ) with improved electrical isolation including a housing ( 12 ), a sensor assembly ( 16 ) arranged in the housing ( 12 ) and including electrically conductive parts ( 22 )...
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7534211 |
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...
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7530952 |
Capacitive ultrasonic transducers with isolation posts
A capacitive ultrasonic transducer is described which include one or more cells including a cavity defined by a membrane electrode supported spaced from a support electrode by insulating walls with...
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7530951 |
Method for generating a three-dimensional ultrasound image
In a method to generate a three-dimensional ultrasound image of a body region of a patient, spatially varying due to breathing motions, temporally successive B-images are generated with an...
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7527592 |
Ultrasound probe sub-aperture processing
A sub-aperture transceiver system for an ultrasound probe includes a signal processor, receive signal connections connecting the signal processor to a receive aperture comprising acoustic...
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7524289 |
Resolution optical and ultrasound devices for imaging and treatment of body lumens
A rotationally vibrating imaging catheter and method of utilization has an array of ultrasound or optical transducers and an actuator along with signal processing, display, and power subsystems....
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7520856 |
Image guided high intensity focused ultrasound device for therapy in obstetrics and gynecology
A frame ensures that the alignment between a high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) transducer designed for vaginal use and a commercially available ultrasound image probe is maintained, so that...
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7520855 |
Biological tissue elasticity measurement method and ultrasonographic device
An ultrasonographic apparatus includes: an ultrasonic probe 1 for transmitting/receiving an ultrasonic wave to/from a patient, means 2 for generating an ultrasonic transmission signal and...
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7517318 |
Registration of electro-anatomical map with pre-acquired image using ultrasound
A system and method for imaging a target in a patient's body includes the steps of providing a pre-acquired image of the target and placing a catheter having a position sensor, an ultrasonic...
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7517317 |
Subarray forming system and method for ultrasound
Different subarray combinations are provided for ultrasound imaging. A basic building block component supports different subarray sizes. Rather than providing a switching network for all possible...
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7514851 |
Curved capacitive membrane ultrasound transducer array
CMUT elements are formed on a substrate. Electrical conductors are formed to interconnect between different portions of the substrate. The substrate is then separated into pieces while maintaining...
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7512038 |
Ultrasonic transducer and manufacturing method
This invention provides a technique whereby, even if a step is produced by splitting a lower electrode into component elements, resistance increase of an upper electrode, damage to a membrane and...
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7503895 |
Ultrasonic device for tissue ablation and sheath for use therewith
A transverse mode ultrasonic probe is provided which creates a cavitation area along its longitudinal length, increasing the working surface of the probe. Accessory sheaths are also provided for...
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7500954 |
Expandable ultrasound transducer array
A foldable transducer array is unfolded or deployed for use, providing a larger radiating surface. While folded, the transducer array has a smaller width or volume for insertion into and withdrawal...
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7497830 |
Three dimensional ultrasonic imaging using mechanical probes with beam scanning reversal
An ultrasonic probe for three dimensional scanning includes a one-dimensional array transducer which is mechanically swept back and forth. As the array transducer is swept in one direction the...
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7494469 |
Connection apparatus and method for controlling an ultrasound probe
A connection apparatus and method for controlling an ultrasound probe are provided. The ultrasound probe includes a first chamber, a second chamber and a sealing member between the first and second...
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7494468 |
Ultrasonic medical device operating in a transverse mode
An ultrasonic medical device comprises an ultrasonic vibration generator that generates vibration along its longitudinal axis. The ultrasonic vibration is transmitted through an ultrasonic coupler...
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7494467 |
Medical system having multiple ultrasound transducers or an ultrasound transducer and an RF electrode
An ultrasound medical system includes an ultrasound transducer assembly having various combinations of ultrasound transducers having different-shaped ultrasound emitting surfaces and/or different...
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7484412 |
Ultrasound probe with multiple fluid chambers
An ultrasound probe includes a transducer ( 46 ) which is mechanically oscillated to sweep beams from the transducer over an image region of a subject. The transducer is located in a first...
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7479110 |
Ultrasonic diagnostic equipment
An ultrasonic diagnostic equipment capable of reducing cost by reducing the number of transmission drive circuits for generating transmission pulse is disclosed. High voltage switches for...
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7473224 |
Deployable ultrasound medical transducers
An ultrasound medical system includes a tube and resiliently flexible fingers. The tube has a distal end insertable into a patient and has a lumen with a distal opening. The fingers are extendable...
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7469598 |
Method of employing a transit time ultrasound sensor
A method is provided for employing a transit time ultrasound sensor, wherein the sensor can be used for the measurement of liquid flow in a conduit, the sensor having an acoustic path formed of...
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