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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 08, 1999
Hadasit Medical Research Services & Development Company Ltd., Jerusalem, IL;
Abstract
A probe for examining viscoelasticity and anisotrophy of an area of an external layer of a living or artificial tissue, comprises an assembly (,) including at least one group of piezoelectric spaced-apart transducers (,), each having a surface contact making edge, wherein one of said transducers operates as a transmitter and at least one other transducer operates as a receiver, and wherein said assembly is movable both axially, as well as angularly; means for effecting the controlled axial movement (,) of said assembly; means for controlling the contact pressure (,) to be exerted by the transducers on the surface of an area of a tissue to be examined, and means for effecting angular movement of said assembly (,) at a selected axial displacement.