Surgery – Truss – Pad
Patent
1982-09-03
1984-12-25
Howell, Kyle L.
Surgery
Truss
Pad
73626, A61B 1000
Patent
active
044897294
ABSTRACT:
An ultrasound imaging system particularly adapted for detecting structure which reflects ultrasound at a variety of angles. There is a plurality of ultrasound transducers, which may be a linear array or a two-dimension array with the various horizontal rows of the array offset from one another, but having zero horizontal space or overlapping between adjacent vertical transducers. A sequencer causes one transducer to fire and then listen for an echo; if no echo is heard, the same transducer fires again and an adjacent transducer listens; if there is still no echo, the transducer fires and the next adjacent transducer listens; and so on until a predetermined listening sequence is concluded. If an echo is heard at any time, the listening sequence is terminated and the next transducer fires, as determined by a predetermined firing sequence, and the listening sequence for that firing transducer is conducted until an echo is heard or the listening sequence is completed; and so on until the firing sequence is completed. A counter measures the time between the transducer firing and the receipt of the echo to produce a range signal representative of the distance from the transducer face to the structure producing the echo. The signals produced by the transducers upon receipt of the echo and the range signal are processed by computer to produce a visual representation of the structure imaged, such as spine and rib structure.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3681977 (1972-08-01), Wendt et al.
patent: 3888238 (1975-06-01), Meindl et al.
patent: 4215584 (1980-08-01), Kurada et al.
patent: 4242912 (1981-01-01), Burckhardt et al.
patent: 4245250 (1981-01-01), Tiemann
patent: 4246791 (1981-01-01), Glenn
patent: 4252026 (1981-02-01), Robinson
patent: 4253338 (1981-03-01), Iinuma et al.
patent: 4265121 (1981-05-01), Cribbs
patent: 4271706 (1981-06-01), Ledley
patent: 4271842 (1981-06-01), Specht et al.
patent: 4272991 (1981-06-01), Cribbs
McNichols Larry A.
Sorenson Paul D.
Breimayer Joseph F.
Howell Kyle L.
Jaworski Francis J.
Klepinski Robert J.
Medtronic Inc.
LandOfFree
Ultrasound imaging system does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Ultrasound imaging system, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Ultrasound imaging system will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-1148088