Patent · US Expired

Ultrasound probe with integrated electronics

US6530887B1 · kind B1 · utility

94Cited by

24References

40Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Teratech Corporation · US

Inventors

Jeffrey M. Gilbert · Palo Alto, US
Alice M. Chiang · Weston, US
Steven R. Broadstone · Woburn, US
Gary M. Madison · Waltham, US
Albert Horst · Accokeek, US
Liang-Min Wang · Marlborough, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 26, 1999
Grant date	Mar 11, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 26, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01S15/8979
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A hand-held ultrasound probe system includes integrated electronics within an ergonomic housing. The electronics includes control circuitry, beamforming and circuitry transducer drive circuitry. The probe electronics communicates with a host computer using an industry standard high speed serial bus.

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