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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2018
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Naveenan Thiagarajan, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Warren Lee, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Brian Magann Rush, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); G01N 29/22 (2006.01); G01N 29/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/546 (2013.01); A61B 8/4455 (2013.01); A61B 8/4483 (2013.01); A61B 8/56 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); G01N 29/226 (2013.01); G01N 29/326 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ultrasound probe is presented. The ultrasound probe includes an ultrasound probe handle. Moreover, the ultrasound probe also includes a phase change chamber monolithic with respect to a portion of the ultrasound probe handle, where the phase change chamber includes hermetic chamber walls extending around and defining an enclosed chamber and a material disposed within the hermetic chamber walls, where the material is configured to change phase in response to heat from a component of the ultrasound probe.