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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2017
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Ramon Quido Erkamp, Swampscott, MA (US);
Shyam Bharat, Arlington, MA (US);
Man Nguyen, Melrose, MA (US);
Jun Seob Shin, Medford, MA (US);
Jean-Luc Francois Robert, Cambridge, MA (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An ultrasound transducer array includes an array of elongate support members that are displaceable and/or deformable relative to each other in the elongation direction of the elongate support members, each elongate support member having a patient facing surface carrying an ultrasound transducer tile; and multiple sensors, each adapted to detect the relative displacement and/or deformation of one of the elongate support members. The ultrasound transducer array may be included in an ultrasound system.