Scanning system along an arciform trajectory with a variable bending radius
US6923767B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 6, 2003 |
| Grant date | Aug 2, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 2, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T74/18056
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The scanning system of the invention includes a structure driven in rotation around a first axis, a structuremounted rotating on the structure around an axis parallel to the first axis, a structure for supporting an echographic probe mounted rotating on the structure around a third axis parallel to the axis, a coupling element between the structure and the structure and a coupling element between the support structure and the structure. This system being able to move the probe along a variable band arciform trajectory.
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