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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 27, 2011
Applicants:

Olivier Casula, Longpont sur Orge, FR;

Sebastien Bey, Orsay, FR;

Inventors:

Olivier Casula, Longpont sur Orge, FR;

Sebastien Bey, Orsay, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01); G01N 29/24 (2006.01); G01N 29/26 (2006.01); G01N 29/265 (2006.01); G01N 29/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 15/8934 (2013.01); A61B 8/4209 (2013.01); A61B 8/4254 (2013.01); A61B 8/4483 (2013.01); A61B 8/4488 (2013.01); G01N 29/24 (2013.01); G01N 29/262 (2013.01); G01N 29/265 (2013.01); G01N 29/44 (2013.01); A61B 8/4466 (2013.01);
Abstract

An ultrasound probing device including: a box; a locating mechanism to provide a position of the box in relation to a reference frame associated with an object to be examined; a mechanism to determine a delay law based on focusing parameters, representing a desired position of a focal point in relation to a reference frame associated with the box; a controller to provide control signals based on the delay law; transducers attached to the box, to receive control signals and, in response, to transmit ultrasonic waves in the object respectively delayed according to the delay law to focus at the focal point defined by the focusing parameters; and a mechanism updating the focusing parameters based on predefined associations between positions on a desired path of the box in relation to the reference frame associated with the object and corresponding focusing parameter values and the position of the box.


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