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System and method for actively cooling an ultrasound probe

US8475375B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13References

23Claims

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Lowell Scott Smith · Niskayuna, US
Robert Stephen Lewandowski · Amsterdam, US
Bruno Hans Haider · Ballston Lake, US
Charles Edward Baumgartner · Niskayuna, US
George Charles Sogoian · Glenville, US
Christopher Stephen Yetter · Scotia, US
Douglas Glenn Wildes · Ballston Lake, US
Stephen Royal Kaiser · Chandler, US
Svein Bergstoel · Sandefjord, NO
Reinhold Bruestle · Zipf, AT
Tunc Icoz · Schenectady, US
Steinar Bjaerum · Horten, NO
Chester Frank Saj · Amsterdam, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 15, 2006
Grant date	Jul 2, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 8, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG10K11/004
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An ultrasound system is provided for imaging an object. The ultrasound system includes an ultrasound probe for acquiring ultrasound data and a cooling subsystem for actively removing heat from the ultrasound probe. The cooling subsystem includes a pump disposed within a reservoir containing a coolant and configured to circulate the coolant through the ultrasound probe via a conduit.

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