Inventor · Cupertino, CA, US

Sevig Ayter

25Patents
18h-index
44Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 5, 1991 → Mar 15, 2004

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6645145B1 Diagnostic medical ultrasound systems and transducers utilizing micro-mechanical components Electricity 195 Expired
US5792058A Broadband phased array transducer with wide bandwidth, high sensitivity and reduced cross-talk and method for manufacture thereof Electricity 192 Expired
US5771896A Compact rotationally steerable ultrasound transducer Physics 124 Expired
US5297553A Ultrasound transducer with improved rigid backing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 82 Expired
US6780152B2 Method and apparatus for ultrasound imaging of the heart Human Necessities 81 Expired
US6437487B1 Transducer array using multi-layered elements and a method of manufacture thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 60 Expired
US5465724A Compact rotationally steerable ultrasound transducer Physics 57 Expired
US6182341A Method of manufacturing an improved coupling of acoustic window and lens for medical ultrasound transducers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 56 Expired
US6359367B1 Micromachined ultrasonic spiral arrays for medical diagnostic imaging Performing Operations; Transporting 44 Expired
US6994674B2 Multi-dimensional transducer arrays and method of manufacture Physics 37 Expired
US6558330B1 Stacked and filled capacitive microelectromechanical ultrasonic transducer for medical diagnostic ultrasound systems Performing Operations; Transporting 32 Expired
US5575288A Compact rotationally steerable ultrasound transducer Physics 31 Expired
US5410208A Ultrasound transducers with reduced sidelobes and method for manufacture thereof Performing Operations; Transporting 30 Expired
US7314447B2 System and method for actively cooling transducer assembly electronics Human Necessities 27 Expired
US5924986A Method and system for coherent ultrasound imaging of induced, distributed source, bulk acoustic emissions Human Necessities 26 Expired
US5239736A Method for making piezoelectric composites Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US5146432A Method for making cement impedance measurements with characterized transducer Physics 21 Expired
US6664717B1 Multi-dimensional transducer array and method with air separation Electricity 18 Expired
US6761688B1 Multi-layered transducer array and method having identical layers Performing Operations; Transporting 17 Expired
US6673016B1 Ultrasound selectable frequency response system and method for multi-layer transducers Human Necessities 15 Expired
US5834687A Coupling of acoustic window and lens for medical ultrasound transducers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US6429574B1 Transducer array using multi-layered elements having an even number of elements and a method of manufacture thereof Electricity 13 Expired
US7156551B2 Ultrasound transducer fault measurement method and system Physics 6 Expired
US6971148B2 Method of manufacturing a multi-dimensional transducer array Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US7344501B1 Multi-layered transducer array and method for bonding and isolating Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.