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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. 29, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 11, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert J Jones, Aurora, CO (US);
James H Gordon, Fairfax, VA (US);
Assignee:
Cavitat, Inc., , US;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
433215 ; 12866002 ; 12866001 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus detects cavitation in the jawbone of human. The apparatus generates an ultrasonic pulse and passes the pulse through the jawbone of a human. The pulse is detected by an ultrasonic receiving unit. Attenuations in the amplitude of the pulse are detected and displayed on a color monitor. The color monitor allows the detection of cavitations by interpreting color codes in a 4.times.4 matrix displayed on the monitor.