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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2002
Michael Eugene Peszynski, Newburyport, MA (US);
David Chang Garner, Somerville, MA (US);
Timothy J. Savord, Lowell, MA (US);
Roger Dugas, Chester, NH (US);
Hubert Yeung, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An ultrasound imaging system including an electromagnetically protected ultrasound TEE probe, a display for displaying ultrasound images, a housing including a transducer connector including at least one connection and a computer for processing electrical signals representative of received ultrasound echoes. The TEE probe includes a probe housing including an imaging sensor, an outer acoustic lens, a cable interconnect and an internal metal shield which surrounds the sensor and cable interconnect, and a cable including electrical conductors and electromagnetic cable shielding, the electrical conductors electrically connected to the cable interconnect at a first end, and the electrical conductors and the cable shielding are electrically connected to a transducer connector at a second end.