Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Detecting nuclear – electromagnetic – or ultrasonic radiation
Reexamination Certificate
2004-01-29
2010-02-16
Winakur, Eric F (Department: 3768)
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation
C600S459000, C601S002000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07662098
ABSTRACT:
An ultrasound probe comprises therapeutic transducers which include a plurality of arrayed first transducer elements and emit therapeutic ultrasounds to a subject, and diagnostic transducers which include a plurality of arrayed second transducer elements and emit diagnostic ultrasounds to the subject and receive the diagnostic ultrasounds, wherein the therapeutic transducers are stacked over the diagnostic transducers.
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Japanese Office Action (and English translation) issued in corresponding Japanese Patent Application No. 2005-504740.
Asafusa Katsunori
Azuma Takashi
Furuhata Hiroshi
Ishida Kazunari
Kubota Jun
Antonelli, Terry Stout & Kraus, LLP.
Fernandez Katherine L
Hitachi Medical Corporation
Jikei University
Winakur Eric F
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