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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
May. 20, 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);
Paul M. Jaeger, Mesa, AZ (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);
Paul M. Jaeger, Mesa, AZ (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
An ultrasound medical system includes an ultrasound end effector and at least one non-ultrasound tissue-property-measuring sensor. The ultrasound end effector includes a medical ultrasound transducer assembly having at least one medical-treatment ultrasound transducer. The at-least-one non-ultrasound tissue-property-measuring sensor is supported by the ultrasound end effector and is positionable in contact with patient tissue.