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GB1540673A – Medical ultrasonic systems and methods
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GB1540673A – Medical ultrasonic systems and methods
– Google Patents
Medical ultrasonic systems and methods

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Publication number
GB1540673A

GB1540673A
GB9258/77A
GB925877A
GB1540673A
GB 1540673 A
GB1540673 A
GB 1540673A
GB 9258/77 A
GB9258/77 A
GB 9258/77A
GB 925877 A
GB925877 A
GB 925877A
GB 1540673 A
GB1540673 A
GB 1540673A
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
methods
medical ultrasonic
ultrasonic systems
systems
medical
Prior art date
1977-01-06
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)

Expired

Application number
GB9258/77A
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SRI International Inc

Original Assignee
SRI International Inc
Stanford Research Institute
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
1977-01-06
Filing date
1977-03-04
Publication date
1979-02-14

1977-03-04
Application filed by SRI International Inc, Stanford Research Institute
filed
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SRI International Inc

1979-02-14
Publication of GB1540673A
publication
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patent/GB1540673A/en

Status
Expired
legal-status
Critical
Current

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G—PHYSICS

G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS

G10K—SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES; METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING, NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

G10K11/00—Methods or devices for transmitting, conducting or directing sound in general; Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general

G10K11/18—Methods or devices for transmitting, conducting or directing sound

G10K11/26—Sound-focusing or directing, e.g. scanning

G10K11/32—Sound-focusing or directing, e.g. scanning characterised by the shape of the source

A—HUMAN NECESSITIES

A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE

A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION

A61B8/00—Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves

A—HUMAN NECESSITIES

A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE

A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION

A61B8/00—Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves

A61B8/42—Details of probe positioning or probe attachment to the patient

A61B8/4272—Details of probe positioning or probe attachment to the patient involving the acoustic interface between the transducer and the tissue

A61B8/4281—Details of probe positioning or probe attachment to the patient involving the acoustic interface between the transducer and the tissue characterised by sound-transmitting media or devices for coupling the transducer to the tissue

A—HUMAN NECESSITIES

A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE

A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION

A61B8/00—Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves

A61B8/44—Constructional features of the ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic diagnostic device

A61B8/4444—Constructional features of the ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic diagnostic device related to the probe

A61B8/4461—Features of the scanning mechanism, e.g. for moving the transducer within the housing of the probe

G—PHYSICS

G01—MEASURING; TESTING

G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

G01N29/00—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves; Visualisation of the interior of objects by transmitting ultrasonic or sonic waves through the object

G01N29/04—Analysing solids

G01N29/06—Visualisation of the interior, e.g. acoustic microscopy

G01N29/0609—Display arrangements, e.g. colour displays

G01N29/0645—Display representation or displayed parameters, e.g. A-, B- or C-Scan

G—PHYSICS

G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS

G10K—SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES; METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING, NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

G10K11/00—Methods or devices for transmitting, conducting or directing sound in general; Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general

G10K11/02—Mechanical acoustic impedances; Impedance matching, e.g. by horns; Acoustic resonators

GB9258/77A
1977-01-06
1977-03-04
Medical ultrasonic systems and methods

Expired

GB1540673A
(en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number
Priority Date
Filing Date
Title

US05/757,132

US4391281A
(en)

1977-01-06
1977-01-06
Ultrasonic transducer system and method

Publications (1)

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Publication Date

GB1540673A
true

GB1540673A
(en)

1979-02-14

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ID=25046498
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Application Number
Title
Priority Date
Filing Date

GB9258/77A
Expired

GB1540673A
(en)

1977-01-06
1977-03-04
Medical ultrasonic systems and methods

Country Status (7)

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Link

US
(1)

US4391281A
(en)

JP
(1)

JPS5385491A
(en)

CA
(1)

CA1085040A
(en)

DE
(1)

DE2710038A1
(en)

FR
(1)

FR2377134B1
(en)

GB
(1)

GB1540673A
(en)

NL
(1)

NL7712579A
(en)

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Assignee
Title

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1981-12-14
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1977-11-23
1979-06-22
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Ultrasonic emulsion fluids

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Ultrasonic compound scan with an oscillating transducer

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(en)

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1986-01-07
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Lens system for acoustic transducer array

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(en)

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1986-01-08
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Divergent ultrasound arrays

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(en)

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1988-11-15
Johnson & Johnson
Ultrasonic transducer probe expansion chamber

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(en)

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Probe array for ultrasonic imaging

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1992-09-01
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Interface element for medical ultrasound transducer.

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2006-02-15
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2002-01-30
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(en)

2002-07-01
2004-04-29
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Method and apparatus employing ultrasound energy to treat body sphincters

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Cardiac ablation devices

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Ultrasonic transducer

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Pressure or distance measurement using ultrasonics – involves compressible medium in which propagation velocity dependence on density is known

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(en)

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1977

1977-01-06
US
US05/757,132
patent/US4391281A/en
not_active
Expired – Lifetime

1977-03-04
GB
GB9258/77A
patent/GB1540673A/en
not_active
Expired

1977-03-08
DE
DE19772710038
patent/DE2710038A1/en
active
Granted

1977-03-18
CA
CA274,246A
patent/CA1085040A/en
not_active
Expired

1977-04-15
FR
FR7711522A
patent/FR2377134B1/en
not_active
Expired

1977-04-26
JP
JP4745277A
patent/JPS5385491A/en
active
Pending

1977-11-15
NL
NL7712579A
patent/NL7712579A/en
not_active
Application Discontinuation

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party

Publication number
Priority date
Publication date
Assignee
Title

WO1983002053A1
(en)

1981-12-14
1983-06-23
Kossoff, George
Apparatus for ultrasonic examination of deformable objects

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Publication number
Publication date

CA1085040A
(en)

1980-09-02

JPS5385491A
(en)

1978-07-27

NL7712579A
(en)

1978-07-10

FR2377134A1
(en)

1978-08-04

DE2710038C2
(en)

1987-01-15

DE2710038A1
(en)

1978-07-13

FR2377134B1
(en)

1985-11-29

US4391281A
(en)

1983-07-05

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