Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for failure detection of a mechanical ultrasound transducer assembly
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Application No.: US15725412Application Date: 2017-10-05
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Publication No.: US10802123B2Publication Date: 2020-10-13
- Inventor: Stefan Holl , Franz Steinbacher
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd.
- Agent Jacob Groethe; David Bates
- Main IPC: G01S7/52
- IPC: G01S7/52 ; A61B8/00 ; A61B8/08 ; A61B17/34 ; B06B1/06 ; G01S15/89 ; G10K11/35 ; A61B90/00

Abstract:
An ultrasound probe may include a mechanical transducer and a probe housing. The mechanical transducer may be rotatable about an axis. The mechanical transducer may be operable to acquire ultrasound image data at one or more rotational positions of a plurality of rotational positions. The probe housing may include a probe cap covering the mechanical transducer. The mechanical transducer may be directed toward the probe cap at each of the plurality of rotational positions. The probe cap may include a defined structure having a first thickness and a remainder portion having a second thickness different than the first thickness. In various embodiments, at least a portion of the defined structure is at a center section of the probe cap corresponding with a center rotational position of the mechanical transducer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190107612A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FAILURE DETECTION OF A MECHANICAL ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2019-04-11
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