Surgery – Truss – Perineal
Patent
1991-03-19
1993-05-04
Smith, Ruth S.
Surgery
Truss
Perineal
128 24EL, 367138, 367155, A61B 1722
Patent
active
052072142
ABSTRACT:
A non-invasive, synthesizing array of "N" reciprocal transducers is driven by "N" linearly independent inputs for three-dimensional sound field specification at "N" locations either within, or on, an isotropic or anisotropic acoustic/elastodynamic medium. Towards these ends, the impulse response, or Dyadic Green's Function Matrix, characteristic of the medium is determined, and the desired sound field response at "N" locations either within, or on, the surface of the medium is specified. This results in a system of "N" equations, which can be solved to obtain the "N" linearly independent inputs required to create the "N" desired, three-dimensional sound field responses. This permits precise focusing and spatial manipulation of sound intensity, as well as amplitude control within a specific volume or region of convergence within, or on, the medium.
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