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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. 12, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2019
Applicant:
General Electric Healthcare, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Flavien Daloz, Antibes, FR;
Jason Barrett, Queen Creek, AZ (US);
Edouard Da Cruz, Nice, FR;
Jean Pierre Malacrida, Saint Laurent, FR;
Assignee:
GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); H10N 30/073 (2023.01); H10N 30/088 (2023.01); H10N 30/00 (2023.01); B06B 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/4483 (2013.01); B06B 1/0644 (2013.01); H10N 30/073 (2023.02); H10N 30/088 (2023.02); H10N 30/10516 (2023.02);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for a single element ultrasound transducer. In one embodiment, the ultrasound transducer comprises a front face, a back face parallel to the front face, a piezoelectric layer having a top surface electrically coupled to the signal pad and a bottom surface electrically coupled to the ground pad. In this way, the transducer can work robustly and may be automatically mounted to an imaging probe.