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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:
Feb. 16, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
367 13 ; 367150 ; 73 / ; 73642 ;
Abstract
The invention concerns a method for surveying the focal point (F, F') of a focussed ultrasonic field (8, 14) and an apparatus for carrying out the method. According to the invention an ultrasonic field (4, 12) produced by an ultrasonic transmitter (2) is measured at several sites in a plane in the path of the waves at the site of the imaging device (6). The values determined at these sites are compared with given reference values for which the position of the focus is known. In an advantageous device, one surface of the imaging device (6) is equipped with several piezoelectric transducers.