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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Franklin Morris, Stoughton, WI (US);
Steven Taylor Morris, Madison, WI (US);
Duane Anthony Kaufman, Hollandale, WI (US);
Assignee:
GE 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 connector assembly for a thin film acoustic receiver array provides a spring support block having a plurality of holes each aligning one helical compression spring which serves as a conduit between a rear surface of the piezoelectrict film and a circuit card. The front surface of the film is supported against the force of the springs using an acoustically transparent material that may also provide matching between water and the piezoelectric film