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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Erich Birglehner, Zipf, AT;
Thomas Rittenschober, Zipf, AT;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); G10K 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/546 (2013.01); A61B 8/4444 (2013.01); A61B 8/4483 (2013.01); G10K 11/004 (2013.01); G01S 7/52079 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical ultrasonic probe includes an ultrasonic probe having a probe head and a connector. The connector includes a fluid cooling system comprising a pump configured to pump a cooling fluid between the connector and the probe head. A damper including a housing has a first portion defining a cavity receiving the cooling fluid and a second portion including a gas that is separated from the first portion by a membrane.