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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2010
Applicant:
Wataru Kiyan, Nishinomiya, JP;
Inventor:
Wataru Kiyan, Nishinomiya, JP;
Assignee:
Furuno Electric Company, Ltd., Nishinomiya, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/107 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/0875 (2013.01); A61B 5/1075 (2013.01); A61B 5/4504 (2013.01); A61B 5/4514 (2013.01); A61B 8/0858 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure provides an ultrasonic bone analyzing device, which includes a transmission module for transmitting an ultrasonic signal into the inside of a living body from an outer skin of the living body, a reception module for receiving an echo signal that is a reflection wave of the transmitted ultrasonic signal from the inside of the living body, and an analyzing module for generating analysis data indicative of a state of a cartilage using an amplitude value of an echo signal from the inside of the cartilage obtained from between a cartilage surface and a subchondral bone among the received echo signals.