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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:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Damon Brown, Coralville, IA (US);
Amy Anderegg, Iowa City, IA (US);
Assignee:
CIVCO Medical Instruments, Inc., Kalona, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G 1/100 ;
Abstract
A positioning apparatus for adjusting the position of medical imaging instruments, such as ultrasound probes, is disclosed. The preferred implementation of the apparatus includes controls for translational movement along three axes; and controls for rotational movement around three axes. In certain implementations, the rotational movement is around a point coincident with the area of image capture.