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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2004
Inder Raj S. Makin, Loveland, OH (US);
T. Douglas Mast, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael H. Slayton, Tempe, AZ (US);
Peter G. Barthe, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Jeffrey D. Messerly, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Waseem Faidi, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Megan M. Runk, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inder Raj S. Makin, Loveland, OH (US);
T. Douglas Mast, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael H. Slayton, Tempe, AZ (US);
Peter G. Barthe, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Jeffrey D. Messerly, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Waseem Faidi, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Megan M. Runk, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
An ultrasound medical system includes an ultrasound transducer assembly having various combinations of ultrasound transducers having different-shaped ultrasound emitting surfaces and/or different ultrasound transducer types, wherein the types are ultrasound-medical-treatment-only type, ultrasound-medical-treatment-and-imaging type, and ultrasound-medical-imaging-only type ultrasound transducers. Another ultrasound medical system includes a transducer assembly having an RF (radio-frequency) medical-treatment electrode and an ultrasound medical transducer.