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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
John A Hossack, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John W Eaton, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Thomas G Cooper, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Acuson Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
12866206 ; 12866203 ;
Abstract
According to the present invention, an ultrasonic transducer probe is provided having an array of ultrasonic transducers rotatably mounted about an axis within the ultrasonic transducer probe, a lens mounted to the array, and a housing encasing the array and the lens. The lens is symmetric about the axis of rotation of the array. In addition, the housing has a continuous upper surface that is formed, in a region adjacent to the symmetric lens, to mate with the symmetric lens.