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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2024
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Waukesha, WI (US);
Christopher Beers, State College, PA (US);
GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Abstract
An ultrasound imaging probe includes a backing layer, an acoustic stack with an interconnect coupled to the backing layer, a transducer array electrically coupled interconnect and including at least one transducer element with a transducing surface and at least one matching layer with a first side acoustically coupled to the transducing surface and a second opposing side, a compound lens including an inner lens with a planer inner side acoustically coupled to the second opposing side of the matching layer and a first non-flat side that is non-flat in elevation and wavy at least in azimuth and an outer lens with an outer side configured to contact a subject or object, and a second non-flat side that is non-flat in elevation and wavy at least in azimuth, wherein the first non-flat side of the inner lens is acoustically coupled to the second non-flat side of the outer lens.