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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2011
Alessandro Gubbini, State College, PA (US);
Bradley Nelson, Boalsburg, PA (US);
Alessandro Gubbini, State College, PA (US);
Bradley Nelson, Boalsburg, PA (US);
Sound Technology, Inc., State College, PA (US);
Abstract
An ultrasound transducer cover () includes a base (), including an acoustically transmissive membrane () with first and second opposing sides. The cover further includes walls () protruding from the base in a same direction away from the first side of the base, forming a cavity about the acoustically transmissive membrane with a geometry that conforms to a geometry of a probe head of an ultrasound apparatus housing a transducer array and a corresponding acoustic window. The cover further includes an acoustically transmissive adhesive () disposed on the membrane in the cavity, wherein the acoustically transmissive adhesive maintains the cover on the ultrasound apparatus in response to installing the cover on the ultrasound apparatus.