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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:
Jun. 26, 1984
Filed:
Apr. 25, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
George Kossoff, Northbridge, AU;
Jack Jellins, Rose Bay, AU;
Assignee:
Commonwealth of Australia, The Department of Health, Phillip, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73618 ; 73621 ; 73633 ; 128660 ;
Abstract
A rotating scanner for use in ultrasonic echoscopy has a linearly scanned transducer arrangement, for transmitting beams of ultrasonic energy into an object (and receiving reflected ultrasonic echoes from the object). The transducer arrangement is rotated about an axis passing through the center or one end of the linear scan. The linear scanning may be mechanical scanning, or by electronic switching of an array of transducer elements.