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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2013
Clemson University, Anderson, SC (US);
David Kwartowitz, Pendleton, SC (US);
Erika Trent, Myrtle Beach, SC (US);
Fuad Mefleh, Westminster, SC (US);
Vipul Pai Raikar, Margao, IN;
Delphine Dean, Central, SC (US);
Clemson University Research Foundation, Clemson, SC (US);
Abstract
Adaptors for ultrasound probes can have an adaptor body can have an open lower end that allows a distal end of the ultrasound probe to extend therethrough to contact skin of a patient. The adaptor can include a plurality of spaced apart resilient members held by the adaptor body that, in operation, are able to change in length such that the resilient members translate from a first longer length to a second shorter length when the probe applies compressive force to the target tissue.