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Acoustic damping for ultrasound imaging devices

US11779304B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BFLY Operations, Inc. · US

Inventors

Wayne Sams · Dade City, US
Sarp Satir · San Francisco, US
Jaime Scott Zahorian · Guilford, US
Simon Esteve · Rambouillet, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 20, 2019
Grant date	Oct 10, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 13, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG10K11/002
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An ultrasound imaging device includes an ultrasound transducer module disposed within a housing and a flowable acoustic damping material disposed on at least one surface located within an interior of the housing. The flowable acoustic damping material may be a Teflon™-containing gel material, in contact with at least one internal surface of the imaging device to provide acoustic damping.

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