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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2008
Nickolas Markoff, Golden, CO (US);
Christopher M. Cone, Golden, CO (US);
Nickolas Markoff, Golden, CO (US);
Christopher M. Cone, Golden, CO (US);
Unisyn Medical Technologies, Inc., Golden, CO (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods (the 'utility') presented herein provide for the assessment of acousto-electrical probes, such as their connections (e.g., transducer leads) and their response characteristics. For example, the utility may provide for readily evaluating transducer leads that have been broken and/or detached from transducers within an ultrasound probe. Due to the increasing complexity of ultrasound probes, identification of broken and/or detached transducer leads also becomes increasingly complex. Being able to identify such disconnected transducer leads may enable a person to repair, or 'reterminate', these transducer leads leading to a potentially substantial cost savings, the least of which being incurred by avoiding total replacement of an ultrasound probe.