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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2013
Applicant:
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Inventors:
Emad M. Boctor, Baltimore, MD (US);
Xiaoyu Guo, Baltimore, MD (US);
Ralph Etienne-Cummings, Baltimore, MD (US);
Pezhman Forought, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61N 7/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/15 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/0841 (2013.01); A61B 1/00 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61M 25/00 (2013.01); A61N 7/022 (2013.01); A61B 5/0095 (2013.01); A61B 5/4836 (2013.01); A61B 6/037 (2013.01); A61B 6/425 (2013.01); A61B 8/14 (2013.01); A61B 8/15 (2013.01); A61B 8/4494 (2013.01); A61B 8/52 (2013.01); A61B 10/02 (2013.01); A61B 18/00 (2013.01); A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00982 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2063 (2016.02); A61B 2090/378 (2016.02);
Abstract
A closed-loop ultrasound system includes an ultrasound receiver, an ultrasound transmitter at least one of integral with or at a predetermined position relative to the ultrasound receiver, and a trigger circuit configured to receive detection signals from the ultrasound receiver and to provide trigger signals to the ultrasound transmitter in response to received detection signals. The ultrasound transmitter is configured to transmit ultrasound energy in response to the trigger signals.