ACUSON
🏢 View company profile →399Patents
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399Granted
46Portfolio score
Filing activity: May 7, 1984 → Feb 13, 2003
Most-cited patents
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6122538A | Motion--Monitoring method and system for medical devices | Human Necessities | 543 | Expired |
| US5560362A | Active thermal control of ultrasound transducers | Physics | 497 | Expired |
| US6014473A | Multiple ultrasound image registration system, method and transducer | Physics | 396 | Expired |
| US6258034A | Apodization methods and apparatus for acoustic phased array aperture for diagnostic medical ultrasound transducer | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 388 | Expired |
| US6368275B1 | Method and apparatus for diagnostic medical information gathering, hyperthermia treatment, or directed gene therapy | Human Necessities | 288 | Expired |
| US6443894B1 | Medical diagnostic ultrasound system and method for mapping surface data for three dimensional imaging | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 275 | Expired |
| US6511427B1 | System and method for assessing body-tissue properties using a medical ultrasound transducer probe with a body-tissue parameter measurement mechanism | Human Necessities | 238 | Expired |
| US6733458B1 | Diagnostic medical ultrasound systems and methods using image based freehand needle guidance | Physics | 230 | Expired |
| US5749364A | Method and apparatus for mapping pressure and tissue properties | Human Necessities | 229 | Expired |
| US5788636A | Method and system for forming an ultrasound image of a tissue while simultaneously ablating the tissue | Human Necessities | 228 | Expired |
| US5913823A | Ultrasound imaging method and system for transmit signal generation for an ultrasonic imaging system capable of harmonic imaging | Physics | 225 | Expired |
| US6306097A | Ultrasound imaging catheter guiding assembly with catheter working port | Human Necessities | 221 | Expired |
| US6612992B1 | Medical diagnostic ultrasound catheter and method for position determination | Physics | 200 | Expired |
| US5544654A | Voice control of a medical ultrasound scanning machine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 193 | Expired |
| US5792058A | Broadband phased array transducer with wide bandwidth, high sensitivity and reduced cross-talk and method for manufacture thereof | Electricity | 192 | Expired |
| US6270460A | Apparatus and method to limit the life span of a diagnostic medical ultrasound probe | Human Necessities | 190 | Expired |
| US6423002B1 | Intra-operative diagnostic ultrasound multiple-array transducer probe and optional surgical tool | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 187 | Expired |
| US6159150A | Medical diagnostic ultrasonic imaging system with auxiliary processor | Human Necessities | 186 | Expired |
| US5438998A | Broadband phased array transducer design with frequency controlled two dimension capability and methods for manufacture thereof | Electricity | 186 | Expired |
| US6338716B1 | Medical diagnostic ultrasonic transducer probe and imaging system for use with a position and orientation sensor | Physics | 184 | Expired |
| US6228032A | Steering mechanism and steering line for a catheter-mounted ultrasonic transducer | Human Necessities | 182 | Expired |
| US5876345A | Ultrasonic catheter, system and method for two dimensional imaging or three-dimensional reconstruction | Physics | 169 | Expired |
| US6503202B1 | Medical diagnostic ultrasound system and method for flow analysis | Human Necessities | 163 | Expired |
| US6135958A | Ultrasound imaging system with touch-pad pointing device | Human Necessities | 161 | Expired |
| US6503204B1 | Two-dimensional ultrasonic transducer array having transducer elements in a non-rectangular or hexagonal grid for medical diagnostic ultrasonic imaging and ultrasound imaging system using same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 161 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.