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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
May. 22, 2020
Applicant:
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Inventors:
Rupak Bardhan Roy, Nice, FR;
Frederic Lanteri, Le Cannet, FR;
Edouard Da Cruz, Nice, FR;
Flavien Daloz, Biot, FR;
Jean Francois Gelly, Mougins, FR;
Assignee:
GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B06B 1/02 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B06B 1/0292 (2013.01); A61B 8/4494 (2013.01); B06B 2201/76 (2013.01);
Abstract
A micromachined ultrasonic transducers with non-coplanar actuation and displacement comprising a plate with a protruding center mass, a substrate with a center depression configured to accept the center mass, a first electrode coupled to a non-horizontal edge surface of the center mass, and a second electrode coupled to a non-horizontal edge surface of the center depression. The plate may be coupled to the substrate at least along an outer perimeter area of the plate and the substrate.