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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. 26, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
E I Cespedes, Folsom, CA (US);
C L de Korte, Driebergen-Rijsenburg, NL;
A F van der Steen, Rotterdam, NL;
Assignee:
EndoSonics Corporation, Rancho Cordova, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600463 ;
Abstract
Method and apparatus for making an image of a lumen and surrounding tissue in a body by inserting a transducer in the cavity and emitting ultrasound signals and collecting and processing echo signals to form an image, where the apparatus includes a signal processor arranged for performing the steps of and the method includes the steps of: