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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:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2005
Applicants:
Ralf Seip, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Wo-hsing Chen, Fishers, IN (US);
Narendra T. Sanghvi, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventors:
Ralf Seip, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Wo-Hsing Chen, Fishers, IN (US);
Narendra T. Sanghvi, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignee:
Focus Surgery, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Ultrasound transducers are disclosed which focus acoustic energy at various focal locations while minimizing focal spot degradation and the generation of unwanted on-axis or off-axis energy concentrations through using a generally constant f-number at the various focal locations.