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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2012
Applicants:
Oliver Smith, University Heights, OH (US);
Michael R. Sutton, Matlock, GB;
Mitchell Peplow, Matlock, GB;
Inventors:
Oliver Smith, University Heights, OH (US);
Michael R. Sutton, Matlock, GB;
Mitchell Peplow, Matlock, GB;
Assignee:
The Lubrizol Corporation, Wickliffe, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/34 (2006.01); B06B 1/02 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01); G01N 29/07 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/346 (2013.01); B06B 1/0207 (2013.01); G01N 29/07 (2013.01); G01S 15/89 (2013.01); A61B 8/58 (2013.01);
Abstract
Ultrasound generating apparatus () comprises an arbitrary waveform generator () to provide a waveform output at (), representing a waveform. A power amplifier (), which may be an operational amplifier, is operable to amplify the waveform output () in power and amplitude to provide a power output () for applying to an ultrasonic transducer ().