Operator supervised temperature control system and method for an ultrasound transducer
US6663578B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 11, 2002 |
| Grant date | Dec 16, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 11, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B8/461
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system and method for controlling the heat of an ultrasonic transducer is disclosed. In the presently preferred embodiments, the operator selects one or more mutable system parameters of the ultrasound system which will be changed if either the temperature becomes too great, or at the operator's command, or both.
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