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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:
Feb. 06, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2020
Applicant:
Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc., Bothell, WA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
FUJIFILM SONOSITE, INC., Bothell, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B06B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); H10N 30/072 (2023.01); H10N 30/088 (2023.01); H10N 30/20 (2023.01); G01N 29/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/4494 (2013.01); B06B 1/067 (2013.01); B06B 1/0622 (2013.01); B06B 1/0644 (2013.01); G01N 29/2406 (2013.01); G01N 29/2437 (2013.01); H10N 30/072 (2023.02); H10N 30/088 (2023.02); H10N 30/206 (2023.02); A61B 8/4444 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0231 (2013.01);
Abstract
Ultrasound transducer assemblies and associated systems and method are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an ultrasound transducer assembly includes at least one matching layer overlies a transducer layer. A plurality of kerfs extends at least into the matching layer. In some aspects, the kerfs are at least partially filled with a filler material that includes microballoons and/or microspheres.