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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. 14, 1988
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jean-Luc Bernatets, Paris, FR;
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73602 ; 128660 ;
Abstract
The device comprises at least one ultrasound transducer (10) which is connected to a transmitter stage (20) and to a stage (30) for receiving and processing echographic signals returned to the transducer. The latter stage (30) comprises a conventional first processing channel (60) which consists mainly of an amplifier circuit (61), an envelope detection circuit (62), a scan converter (64), and a display device (65), as well as a second processing channel (100), which comprises: