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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2016
Applicant:
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Nik Ledoux, Andover, MA (US);
Bernard Joseph Savord, Andover, MA (US);
Michael Carl Bradshaw, II, Medford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B06B 1/02 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/56 (2013.01); A61B 8/4444 (2013.01); B06B 1/0215 (2013.01); B06B 1/0246 (2013.01); G01S 7/5202 (2013.01); G01S 7/52096 (2013.01); G01S 15/8915 (2013.01); A61B 8/5223 (2013.01); B06B 2201/76 (2013.01);
Abstract
The high voltage drive for the transducer of an ultrasonic transducer probe is provided by an active supply that monitors the high voltage supplied to the transducer by means of feedback, and responds to a decline in voltage during high voltage transmission by coupling charge from a capacitor to the high voltage supply line of the probe, thereby preventing a precipitous decline in the high voltage. Preferably the active supply and the capacitor are located in the probe connector enclosure.