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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Ardent Sound, Inc., Mesa, AZ (US);
Inventor:
Peter G. Barthe, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
ARDENT SOUND, INC., Mesa, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 21/00 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 21/00 (2013.01); A61N 7/00 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2253 (2013.01);
Abstract
An acoustic system can include a liquid-filled coupling component comprising an acoustic coupling fluid and a housing encasing the coupling fluid; a fluid reservoir comprising an amount of the coupling fluid; a path in fluid communication between the coupling component and the fluid reservoir; and a bubble detector coupled to the path and configured to monitor the coupling fluid in the path.