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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:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Wojtek Sudol, Andover, MA (US);
Anjali Saini, Sudbury, MA (US);
Junho Song, North Andover, MA (US);
Hyunggyun Lee, Woburn, MA (US);
Mike Lavy, Stoneham, MA (US);
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); B06B 1/06 (2006.01); H01L 41/311 (2013.01); H01L 41/293 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/4488 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/445 (2013.01); B06B 1/0622 (2013.01); H01L 41/293 (2013.01); H01L 41/311 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging assembly for an intraluminal device is provided. In one embodiment, the imaging assembly includes: an array of ultrasound transducer elements spaced apart by air kerfs; a plurality of buffer elements surrounding the array of ultrasound transducer elements, wherein the plurality of buffer elements are spaced apart by gaps; and a sealing material filling portions of the gaps between the plurality of buffer elements.