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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:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2004
Applicants:
Bjørn A. J. Angelsen, Trondheim, NO;
Tonni F. Johansen, Trondheim, NO;
Inventors:
Bjørn A. J. Angelsen, Trondheim, NO;
Tonni F. Johansen, Trondheim, NO;
Assignee:
SURF Technology AS, Trondheim, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and an instrument for ultrasound imaging using an array of transducer elements which is connected to the instrument with a limited number of wires, where focusing of the transmit beam improves image signal to noise ratio above state of the art methods. This allows the use of higher ultrasound frequencies providing improved image resolution.