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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:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2013
Applicant:
B-k Medical Aps, Herlev, DK;
Inventors:
Assignee:
B-K Medical Aps, Herlev, DK;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 15/89 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); B06B 1/06 (2006.01); G10K 11/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 15/8929 (2013.01); B06B 1/0607 (2013.01); G01S 7/52079 (2013.01); G01S 15/894 (2013.01); G01S 15/8915 (2013.01); G01S 15/8945 (2013.01); G01S 15/8997 (2013.01); G10K 11/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging system () includes a transducer array () with a transducer element () with at least two faces (). Each face faces a different direction. The transducer element includes at least two sub-elements (). Each sub-element is part of a different face. The at least two sub-elements transmit respective beams at each location along a scan path ().