System for providing scanning medium

US10076304B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Delphinus Medical Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Mike M. Tesic · Superior, US
• Marc Orloff · Altadena, US
• Kevin G. Obrigkeit · Plymouth, US
• David Kunz · Wilhelmsfeld, DE
• Roman Janer · Englewood, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 28, 2015
• Grant date: Sep 18, 2018
• Expiry date: Jan 31, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B8/13
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system for providing scanning medium for scanning a volume of tissue comprising: an inner chamber that contains the scanning medium; a transducer mounted to the inner chamber and configured to move along a motion path, with the inner chamber, in scanning the volume of tissue; an outer chamber concentrically aligned about the inner chamber to guide the inner chamber along the motion path; a piston module defining a base surface within the inner chamber, the piston module comprising a medium inlet and a medium outlet for adjusting an amount of the scanning medium within the inner chamber; a detection subsystem coupled to the base surface of the piston module; and an actuator comprising a stationary portion mounted to the piston module and a moving portion coupled to the inner chamber and configured to produce motion of the inner chamber along the motion path.