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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:
Sep. 27, 1988
Filed:
Oct. 10, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jacob Y Wong, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Pierre Khuri-Yakub, Palo Alto, CA (US);
M Edward Motamedi, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Marcus Y Wong, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignees:
Hibshman Corporation, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Adamtek Corporation, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128738 ; 73 54 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for measurement of viscoelastic properties of mammalian cervical mucous by generating a bulk acoustic wave which is reflected off of a face in contact with the mucous whereby an output which is a function of the viscoelastic properties is generated based upon at least one characteristic of the reflected bulk wave.