Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for actively cooling an ultrasound probe
- Patent Title (中): 主动冷却超声波探头的系统和方法
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Application No.: US11639891Application Date: 2006-12-15
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Publication No.: US08475375B2Publication Date: 2013-07-02
- Inventor: Lowell Scott Smith , Robert Stephen Lewandowski , Bruno Hans Haider , Charles Edward Baumgartner , George Charles Sogoian , Christopher Stephen Yetter , Douglas Glenn Wildes , Stephen Royal Kaiser , Svein Bergstoel , Reinhold Bruestle , Tunc Icoz , Steinar Bjaerum , Chester Frank Saj
- Applicant: Lowell Scott Smith , Robert Stephen Lewandowski , Bruno Hans Haider , Charles Edward Baumgartner , George Charles Sogoian , Christopher Stephen Yetter , Douglas Glenn Wildes , Stephen Royal Kaiser , Svein Bergstoel , Reinhold Bruestle , Tunc Icoz , Steinar Bjaerum , Chester Frank Saj
- Applicant Address: US NY Niskayuna
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Niskayuna
- Agent Scott J. Asmus
- Main IPC: A61B8/00
- IPC: A61B8/00
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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080146924A1 System and method for actively cooling an ultrasound probe Public/Granted day:2008-06-19
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