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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:
Oct. 01, 1985
Filed:
May. 01, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Norio Harui, Seattle, WA (US);
Jacques Souquet, Meudon, FR;
Assignee:
Advanced Technology Laboratories, Inc., Bothell, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128660 ; 128661 ;
Abstract
A scanhead for use in ultrasonic echo cardiography is described. The scanhead is particularly adapted for imaging a patient's heart from the patient's esophogus. The scanhead is comprised of a rotating base having a phased array or linear array scanhead mounted thereon, and the scanhead is rotated in order to change the cross-sectional plane of the heart which is intercepted by the ultrasound.