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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
May. 18, 2020
Applicant:
Maui Imaging, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Donald F. Specht, Los Altos, CA (US);
Josef R. Call, Campbell, CA (US);
Assignee:
Maui Imaging, Inc., Tucson, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/4483 (2013.01); G01S 7/52077 (2013.01); G01S 7/52079 (2013.01); G01S 15/8913 (2013.01); G01S 15/8915 (2013.01); G01S 15/8929 (2013.01); G01S 15/8993 (2013.01); G01S 15/8997 (2013.01); A61B 8/4461 (2013.01); A61B 8/483 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01); G01S 15/8995 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparent point-source transmit transducers comprises a substantially constant-thickness shell of piezoelectric material in a shape of a spherical-section. Such transducers may be sized such that a single apparent point-source transmit transducer may produce ultrasound waveforms with substantial energy in a medium to be imaged. Use of such transducers in three-dimensional ping-based imaging may permit deeper and higher quality imaging than may be possible with conventional transducers.