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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:
Oct. 05, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 14, 2017
Applicant:

Carthera, Paris, FR;

Inventors:

Michael Canney, Denver, CO (US);

Guillaume Bouchoux, Lyons, FR;

Alexandre Vignot, Lyons, FR;

Francois Lacoste, Paris, FR;

Assignee:

CARTHERA, Paris, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2021.01); A61N 7/02 (2006.01); B06B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 7/02 (2013.01); B06B 1/0655 (2013.01); A61B 17/2202 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22024 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0047 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0069 (2013.01); A61N 2007/025 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention relates to an ultrasonic probe for heating, internally, an ultrasonically absorbent target medium, the probe comprising: at least one piezoelectric transducer () having a front face () intended to be positioned facing the target medium and a back face () opposite the front face (), the transducer being able to emit at least one primary wave emanating from its front face and at least one secondary wave emanating from its back face, the probe being noteworthy in that it furthermore comprises: a reflector () facing the back face () of the transducer (), the reflector () being suitable for reflecting the secondary wave emitted by the transducer (); and a cooling-fluid layer () between the transducer () and the reflector ().


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