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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:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2018
Applicant:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);
Inventors:
Anshuman Bhuyan, Milpitas, CA (US);
Jung Woo Choe, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Amin Nikoozadeh, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Butrus T. Khuri-Yakub, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01); B06B 1/02 (2006.01); A61N 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/54 (2013.01); A61B 8/4483 (2013.01); A61N 7/00 (2013.01); A61N 7/02 (2013.01); B06B 1/0215 (2013.01); B06B 1/0292 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0021 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0052 (2013.01); B06B 2201/76 (2013.01);
Abstract
Ultrasound imaging and therapy with the same array of capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers is provided. The electronics includes a per-pixel switch for each transducer element. The switches provide an imaging mode driven completely by on-chip electronics and a therapy mode where off-chip pulsers provide relatively high voltages to the transducer elements.