The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Jul. 22, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2019
Applicant:
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Inventors:
Marco Brusaca, Attersee am Attersee, AT;
Wolfgang Neuwirth, Attersee am Attersee, AT;
Christian Heinrich, Neukirchen an der Vöckla, AT;
Reinhold Bruestle, Frankenburg am Hausruck, AT;
Assignee:
GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); B06B 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/4461 (2013.01); A61B 8/4494 (2013.01); B06B 1/0629 (2013.01); B06B 2201/76 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ultrasound probe comprises an air chamber unit that includes a transducer slot, where the transducer slot is configured to receive a transducer assembly, the air chamber unit comprises at least one sealed cavity and each of the at least one sealed cavity is filled with one or more gases, and the transducer assembly comprises transducer elements configured to perform one or both of transmitting and receiving acoustic energy.