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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2013
Seno Medical Instruments, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
William Ackerman, Somerdale, NJ (US);
Donald G. Herzog, Collingswood, NJ (US);
Justin Casas, San Antonio, TX (US);
SENO MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC., San Antonio, TX (US);
Abstract
An optoacoustic probe including an ultrasound transducer array, an acoustic lens and a light path separated from the transducer array by an isolator to mitigate light energy from the light path from reaching the transducer array. The isolator being formed from a mixture including a flexible carrier, a coloring and between 10% and 80% by volume micro-bubbles. The isolator mixture being adapted to both absorb light energy and the optoacoustic response to light energy. In an embodiment, an optoacoustic probe also comprises an optical window and/or a diffuser, and the isolator also separating the transducer array from these components.