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Ultrasound medical system

US7951095B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13Claims

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Assignee

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · US

Inventors

Inder Raj S. Makin · Mesa, US
T. Douglas Mast · Cincinnati, US
Michael H. Slayton · Tempe, US
Peter G. Barthe · Phoenix, US
Jeffrey D. Messerly · Cincinnati, US
Waseem Ibrahim Faidi · Clifton Park, US
Megan M. Runk · Cincinnati, US
Paul Jaeger · Mesa, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 20, 2004
Grant date	May 31, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 30, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2017/22069
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An ultrasound medical system includes an ultrasound end effector and at least one non-ultrasound tissue-property-measuring sensor. The ultrasound end effector includes a medical ultrasound transducer assembly having at least one medical-treatment ultrasound transducer. The at-least-one non-ultrasound tissue-property-measuring sensor is supported by the ultrasound end effector and is positionable in contact with patient tissue.

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