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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 1985

Filed:

Nov. 22, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:

Bayard Gardineer, Skillman, NJ (US);

David Vilkomerson, Princeton, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Ultramed, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128660 ; 73620 ;
Abstract

There is disclosed an ultrasonic scanning apparatus for directing ultrasonic energy towards a body under investigation, such as the body of a person. The scanning apparatus consists of a focussed ultrasonic transducer which is capable of radiating a beam of ultrasonic energy in a given direction. The beam emanating from the transducer impinges upon at least one surface of a rotating reflector where the rotating reflector directs the beam relatively perpendicular to the direction of the beam as propagated from the transducer. The redirected beam can then be further focussed or reflected to further shape the beam prior to directing the beam towards the body under investigation.


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