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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2007
Applicants:
Uwe D. Zeitner, Weimar, DE;
Sicco I. Schets, Jena, DE;
Eliseo V. Sobrino, Jena, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01H 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An ultrasonic probe for optical detection of ultrasonic waves includes a membrane integrated into the probe for contact with a body, the membrane being excited to vibration by reflected ultrasonic waves, leading to a change in optical path length of a beam of light directed at the membrane, which change is determined interferometrically.