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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:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven Charles Miller, Waukesha, WI (US);
David Thomas Dubberstein, Hales Corners, WI (US);
Assignee:
G.E. Medical Systems Global Technology Company LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 ;
Abstract
A transducer (,) is controlled by a beam former (,) to transmit ultrasound pulses in multiple transmit focal zones (Z,-Z,) along at least two axes (A,and A,). The beam former (,) causes the transducer (,) to transmit a first transmit pulse along one axis (A,) and to transmit a second transmit pulse along another axis (A,) before the echo pulse from the first transmit pulse is received by the transducer in order to decrease frame rates.