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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 11, 2019
Applicant:

Butterfly Network, Inc., Guilford, CT (US);

Inventors:

Susan A. Alie, Stoneham, MA (US);

Keith G. Fife, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Joseph Lutsky, Los Altos, CA (US);

David Grosjean, Holliston, MA (US);

Assignee:

Butterfly Network, Inc., Guilford, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B06B 1/02 (2006.01); B81C 1/00 (2006.01); G01N 29/24 (2006.01); B81B 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 29/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B06B 1/0292 (2013.01); B81B 3/0021 (2013.01); B81B 3/0078 (2013.01); B81C 1/00238 (2013.01); B81C 1/00246 (2013.01); G01N 29/226 (2013.01); G01N 29/2406 (2013.01); B81B 2201/0271 (2013.01); B81B 2203/0127 (2013.01); B81B 2203/0315 (2013.01); B81B 2203/04 (2013.01); B81B 2207/015 (2013.01); B81C 2203/035 (2013.01); B81C 2203/036 (2013.01); B81C 2203/0728 (2013.01); B81C 2203/0792 (2013.01); G01N 2291/106 (2013.01);
Abstract

An ultrasonic transducer includes a membrane, a bottom electrode, and a plurality of cavities disposed between the membrane and the bottom electrode, each of the plurality of cavities corresponding to an individual transducer cell. Portions of the bottom electrode corresponding to each individual transducer cell are electrically isolated from one another. Each portion of the bottom electrode corresponds to each individual transducer that cell further includes a first bottom electrode portion and a second bottom electrode portion, the first and second bottom electrode portions electrically isolated from one another.


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