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Ultrasonic probe device

US4977780A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 27, 1990
Grant dateDec 18, 1990
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Expiry dateMar 27, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10K11/02
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An ultrasonic probe device includes an ultrasonic probe for transmitting ultrasonic waves toward and receiving ultrasonic echoes from a target region in a body under examination, and an ultrasonic coupler for being interposed between the ultrasonic probe and the surface of the body. The ultrasonic probe device can accurately detect Doppler information on the central area of the target region.

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