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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2012
Applicants:
Reinhold Bruestle, Zipf, AT;
Wolfgang Dieter Knoll, Zipf, AT;
Christian Heinrich, Zipf, AT;
Christian Holl, Zipf, AT;
Inventors:
Reinhold Bruestle, Zipf, AT;
Wolfgang Dieter Knoll, Zipf, AT;
Christian Heinrich, Zipf, AT;
Christian Holl, Zipf, AT;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/14 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/4444 (2013.01); A61B 8/4461 (2013.01); G01S 15/8918 (2013.01); G01S 15/8915 (2013.01); G01S 15/892 (2013.01); G01S 15/894 (2013.01); G01S 15/8979 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for connection to a transducer in ultrasound probes are provided. One connection arrangement includes a connector having a transducer connection portion configured to couple to a transducer of an ultrasound probe and a scan head connection portion configured to extend from a scan head of the ultrasound probe containing the transducer. The transducer connection portion and the scan head connection portion being a single element.