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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:
Apr. 13, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Blake W Little, Bothell, WA (US);
Lauren S Plflugrath, Seattle, WA (US);
Juin-Jet Hwang, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Assignee:
SonoSight, Inc., Bothell, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600447 ;
Abstract
A hand held ultrasonic instrument is provided in a portable unit which performs both B mode and Doppler imaging. The instrument includes a transducer array mounted in a hand-held enclosure, with an integrated circuit transceiver connected to the elements of the array just behind the transducer. The transceiver is controlled by, and provides received echo signals to, a digital beamformer mounted in the hand-held enclosure.