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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:
Dec. 12, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yasuhito Takeuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
GE Yokogawa Medical Systems Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600458 ;
Abstract
In order to obtain an image of a microballoon contrast agent with sharpness, the invention comprises means for generating ultrasound 522 by thermally exciting the microballoon contrast agent infused in a subject to cause the microballoons to resonate, and means for producing an image 514 based on the generated ultrasound.