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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. 03, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1996
Naoki Ohtomo, Mitaka, JP;
Aloka Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A bone assessment apparatus includes a pair of ultrasonic transducers (14). A plurality of adapters (26, 126) are available so as to easily adjust the position of the calcaneus in accordance with the size of the foot to be examined. A selected adapter (26, 126) is set on a measuring unit (10). The foot is placed on the selected adapter, and the calcaneus is positioned so as to receive ultrasonic sound beams at its center. The measuring unit (10) includes an adapter identifying section (32), and a control operation unit (30) includes a section (44) for checking whether or not a selected adapter is suitable for the member to be examined.
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