Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for creating a holographic ultrasound field in an object
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Application No.: US15778409Application Date: 2016-12-07
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Publication No.: US11262699B2Publication Date: 2022-03-01
- Inventor: Kai Melde , Peer Fischer , Peter-Karl Weber
- Applicant: MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V , FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
- Applicant Address: DE Munich; DE Munich
- Assignee: MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V,FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
- Current Assignee: MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V,FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
- Current Assignee Address: DE Munich; DE Munich
- Agency: Caesar Rivise, PC
- Priority: EP15003540 20151211
- International Application: PCT/EP2016/002062 WO 20161207
- International Announcement: WO2017/097417 WO 20170615
- Main IPC: G03H1/08
- IPC: G03H1/08 ; A61B90/98 ; G01N29/06 ; G02B5/32 ; G03H3/00 ; G01N29/24 ; G03H1/02 ; A61N7/02 ; A61N7/00 ; A61B90/90 ; G03H1/00 ; G03H1/04 ; G03H1/22 ; A61B17/22

Abstract:
An ultrasonic apparatus (100) for creating a holographic ultrasound field (1) comprises an ultrasound source device (10) being adapted for creating an ultrasound wave, and a transmission hologram device (20) having a transmission hologram (21) and an exposed acoustic emitter surface (22), said transmission hologram device (20) being acoustically coupled with the ultrasound source device (10) and being arranged for transmitting the ultrasound wave through the acoustic emitter surface (22) and creating the holographic ultrasound field in a surrounding space, wherein the acoustic emitter surface (22) is a smooth surface which do not influence the field distribution of the ultrasound wave. Furthermore, a method of creating a holographic ultrasound field in an object (3), wherein the ultrasonic apparatus (100) is used, and applications of the ultrasonic apparatus (100) are described.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180341221A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATING A HOLOGRAPHIC ULTRASOUND FIELD IN AN OBJECT Public/Granted day:2018-11-29
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