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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:
Mar. 21, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Frederic Lizzi, Tenafly, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Riverside Research Institute, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600439 ; 601-2 ; 601-3 ;
Abstract
A spherical cap transducer is provided with at least one electrode formed as segments. The segments are selectively driven to provide asymmetrical ovoid effective radiation patterns for treatment of tissue with ultrasonic radiation.