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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2006
Lowell Scott Smith, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Robert Stephen Lewandowski, Amsterdam, NY (US);
Bruno Hans Haider, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Charles Edward Baumgartner, Schenectady, NY (US);
George Charles Sogoian, Glenville, NY (US);
Christopher Stephen Yetter, Scotia, NY (US);
Douglas Glenn Wildes, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Stephen Royal Kaiser, Chandler, AZ (US);
Svein Bergstoel, Sandefjord, NO;
Reinhold Bruestle, Zipf, AT;
Tunc Icoz, Schenectady, NY (US);
Steinar Bjaerum, Horten, NO;
Chester Frank Saj, Amsterdam, NY (US);
Lowell Scott Smith, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Robert Stephen Lewandowski, Amsterdam, NY (US);
Bruno Hans Haider, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Charles Edward Baumgartner, Schenectady, NY (US);
George Charles Sogoian, Glenville, NY (US);
Christopher Stephen Yetter, Scotia, NY (US);
Douglas Glenn Wildes, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Stephen Royal Kaiser, Chandler, AZ (US);
Svein Bergstoel, Sandefjord, NO;
Reinhold Bruestle, Zipf, AT;
Tunc Icoz, Schenectady, NY (US);
Steinar Bjaerum, Horten, NO;
Chester Frank Saj, Amsterdam, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
An ultrasound system is provided for imaging an object. The ultrasound system includes an ultrasound probe for acquiring ultrasound data and a cooling subsystem for actively removing heat from the ultrasound probe. The cooling subsystem includes a pump disposed within a reservoir containing a coolant and configured to circulate the coolant through the ultrasound probe via a conduit.