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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2018
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Dino Francesco Cuscuna, Reading, MA (US);
Elizabeth Brunelle, Portsmouth, NH (US);
Loriann Davidsen, Andover, MA (US);
Martha Gail Grewe Wilson, Andover, MA (US);
Jeffrey Scott Hart, Mifflin, PA (US);
Harry Amon Kunkel, III, Centre Hall, PA (US);
Gerred Allen Price, Mill Creek, PA (US);
James William Hackenberry, Lewistown, PA (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An ultrasound probe has an acoustic window () or lens () through which ultrasound is transmitted and received by a transducer array () located behind the lens or window inside a probe enclosure. The external, patient-contacting surface () of the acoustic lens or window is textured. The texturing of the surface of the lens or window better retains gel spread over the lens or window for an ultrasound procedure, reduces reverberation artifacts, and diminishes the appearance of scratches on the lens or window.