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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2013
Applicant:
University of Western Ontario, London, CA;
Inventors:
Kevin Barker, London, CA;
Aaron Fenster, London, CA;
Hamid Neshat, London, CA;
Nirmal Kakani, London, CA;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/13 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); G01N 29/22 (2006.01); G01N 29/265 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/4461 (2013.01); A61B 8/13 (2013.01); A61B 8/4218 (2013.01); A61B 8/483 (2013.01); A61B 8/5253 (2013.01); A61B 8/54 (2013.01); G01N 29/225 (2013.01); G01N 29/265 (2013.01); A61B 8/466 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01);
Abstract
An actuator for an ultrasound probe comprises a housing assembly configured to accommodate an ultrasound probe and to be positioned adjacent to a target region of interest to be examined, and a motor assembly coupled to the housing assembly, the motor assembly configured to move the housing assembly in a manner to allow an ultrasound probe when accommodated by the housing assembly to perform a compound scan of the target region of interest.