Invention Application
- Patent Title: ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER ARRAYS
- Patent Title (中): 超声波传感器阵列
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Application No.: US14032392Application Date: 2013-09-20
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Publication No.: US20150087988A1Publication Date: 2015-03-26
- Inventor: Warren Lee , Bruno Hans Haider , Stephen Dodge Edwardsen , Geir Ultveit Haugen , Scott Cogan , Chester Saj , Christopher Yetter , Bjornar Sten-Nilsen , Shinichi Amemiya , Charles Edward Baumgartner
- Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Main IPC: A61B8/00
- IPC: A61B8/00

Abstract:
An ultrasound transducer array for an ultrasound probe is presented. The ultrasound transducer array includes a support structure. Further, the ultrasound transducer array includes a plurality of electro-acoustic modules coupled to the support structure, wherein each of the plurality of electro-acoustic modules comprises at least one matrix acoustic array and an interconnect element, wherein each of the plurality of electro-acoustic modules is interchangeable on the support structure so as to adapt to one or more shapes of the ultrasound probe, and wherein each of the plurality of electro-acoustic modules operates in a manner substantially identical to each other of the plurality of electro-acoustic modules.
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