Systems and methods for visualizing interior tissue regions using expandable imaging structures
US5848969A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 28, 1996 |
| Grant date | Dec 15, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 28, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2562/046
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An imaging structure has a periphery adapted to selectively assume an expanded geometry and a collapsed geometry. The periphery of the imaging structure carries an array of spaced apart ultrasound transducers.
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