Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Detecting nuclear – electromagnetic – or ultrasonic radiation
Patent
1998-12-04
2000-11-07
Lateef, Marvin M.
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation
A61B 814
Patent
active
061429473
ABSTRACT:
A repairable compact ultrasound probe which is easy to assemble and disassemble, and which has cable load transfer and heat dissipation capabilities. The transducer assembly of the probe has a heat-conductive backing board which is fastened to a yoke incorporated in the cable assembly. The cable assembly further has a strain relief element which is secured in a separate operation following attachment of the yoke to the backing board. When the strain relief element is secured, the probe handle is compressed between the strain relief and a headshell of the transducer assembly, thereby forming a housing. To disassemble the probe, the strain relief is turned counterclockwise with respect to the transducer, thereby releasing the handle and allowing access to the probe interior.
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Lima Gilbert
Tran Howard
Wyatt Roland Jeffrey
Cabou Christian G.
Flaherty Dennis M.
General Electric Company
Imam Ali M.
Lateef Marvin M.
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