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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2022
Centre for Imaging Technology Commercialization (Cimtec), London, CA;
Aaron Fenster, London, CA;
Kevin Barker, Lucan, CA;
Abstract
An actuator for moving an ultrasound transducer has a main body configured to be positioned adjacent to a target region of interest to be examined; and, a motor mounted on the main body. The motor is configured to have an ultrasound transducer connected thereto to simultaneously translate and rotate the ultrasound transducer to perform a compound scan of the target region of interest when the ultrasound transducer is connected to the motor. An ultrasound device has an ultrasound transducer movably mounted on the actuator. The actuator requires only single motor to effect both translation and rotation of the transducer thereby simplifying operation and providing a more compact device.