Multi-planar scanning mechanism
US4967752A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 27, 1989 |
| Grant date | Nov 6, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 27, 2009 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10K11/355
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A multi-planar scanning endocavital probe for ultrasonic imaging systems including an ultrasonic transducer coupled by a linkage to a selectively rotated motor shaft extending from the face of a motor. The linkage causes the transducer to scan a planar sector wherein the planar sector has a fixed relationship to the motor face. The motor face is moved to change the plane scanned by the transducer.
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