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公开(公告)号：US11806191B2
公开(公告)日：2023-11-07
申请号：US15984541
申请日：2018-05-21
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Douglas Glenn Wildes , Lowell Scott Smith , Kwok Pong Chan , Vadim Bromberg , David Martin Mills , Warren Lee , Timothy James Fiorillo , Chi Tat Chiu
CPC classification number: A61B8/4488 , A61B8/4494 , A61B8/463 , A61B8/5207 , H01L21/78 , H10N30/063 , H10N30/20 , H10N30/872 , H10N39/00 , Y10T29/42
Abstract: A grid of phased array transducers includes a piezoelectric layer and a plurality of ground contact traces. The piezoelectric layer includes a first side and a second side. The plurality of ground contact traces is disposed on the first side of the piezoelectric layer along an elevational direction, where each ground contact trace of the plurality of ground contact traces extends along an azimuthal direction. Further, each phased array transducer of the grid of phased array transducers is disposed between an adjacently disposed pair of ground contact traces of the plurality of ground contact traces. Moreover, each phased array transducer includes at least a portion of at least one ground contact trace of a corresponding pair of ground contact traces, and where each phased array transducer includes a plurality of transducer elements.
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公开(公告)号：US20190142378A1
公开(公告)日：2019-05-16
申请号：US16243823
申请日：2019-01-09
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Warren Lee , Naveenan Thiagarajan
CPC classification number: A61B8/4433 , A61B8/546 , A61B8/56 , H02J7/0027 , H02J7/0044 , H02J7/025 , H02J50/10
Abstract: A docking station for electrically charging and managing a thermal condition of an ultrasound probe is presented. The docking station includes a first charging unit magnetically coupled to an induction unit of the ultrasound probe and configured to charge at least one battery in the ultrasound probe. Further, the docking station includes a first cooling unit thermally coupled to a thermal unit of the ultrasound probe and configured to dissipate heat from the ultrasound probe.
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13.发明授权公开(公告)号：US10206658B2
公开(公告)日：2019-02-19
申请号：US14973739
申请日：2015-12-18
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Warren Lee , Naveenan Thiagarajan
Abstract: A docking station for electrically charging and managing a thermal condition of an ultrasound probe is presented. The docking station includes a first charging unit magnetically coupled to an induction unit of the ultrasound probe and configured to charge at least one battery in the ultrasound probe. Further, the docking station includes a first cooling unit thermally coupled to a thermal unit of the ultrasound probe and configured to dissipate heat from the ultrasound probe.
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公开(公告)号：US20180271372A1
公开(公告)日：2018-09-27
申请号：US15897964
申请日：2018-02-15
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Warren Lee , Eric William Fiveland , David Andrew Shoudy , Timothy Fiorillo , Kwok Pong Chan , Lowell Scott Smith , James Sabatini , David Martin Mills , Thomas Kwok-Fah Foo
CPC classification number: A61B5/0035 , A61B5/055 , A61B5/066 , A61B8/085 , A61B8/4416 , A61B8/4444 , A61B8/5261 , A61B8/5276 , A61B2562/182
Abstract: An ultrasound probe configured for use in a multi-modality imaging system includes a body including one or more electrical components of the ultrasound probe, an outermost housing enclosing the ultrasound probe, and an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield disposed between the body and the housing, wherein the EMI shield is configured to reduce interference between the ultrasound probe and one or more different imaging systems of the multi-modality imaging system. The ultrasound probe further includes a transducer disposed on a patient-facing surface of the ultrasound probe and a cable coupled to the body and configured to communicatively couple the ultrasound probe to an ultrasound imaging system of the multi-modality imaging system, wherein the ultrasound probe comprises substantially non-ferromagnetic material.
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公开(公告)号：US12161888B2
公开(公告)日：2024-12-10
申请号：US17161022
申请日：2021-01-28
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： David Andrew Shoudy , Jeffrey Michael Ashe , Warren Lee , Ying Fan
IPC: A61N7/00
Abstract: The present discussion relates to the delivery of ultrasonic therapy energy to a target region in conjunction with a clear path determination that may assess one or more of: (1) presence of non-soft tissue regions within the therapy beam path (e.g., bone or bone-like structures, gas-filled cavities, and so forth), (2) partial “lift-off” of the probe head; or (3) sufficiency of acoustic coupling. Upon determination or confirmation of at least a partial clear path with respect to some or all of these factors, the therapy beam may be delivered to the target region.
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公开(公告)号：US20200178941A1
公开(公告)日：2020-06-11
申请号：US16212863
申请日：2018-12-07
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Naveenan Thiagarajan , Warren Lee , Brian Magann Rush
Abstract: An ultrasound probe is presented. The ultrasound probe includes an ultrasound probe handle. Moreover, the ultrasound probe also includes a phase change chamber monolithic with respect to a portion of the ultrasound probe handle, where the phase change chamber includes hermetic chamber walls extending around and defining an enclosed chamber and a material disposed within the hermetic chamber walls, where the material is configured to change phase in response to heat from a component of the ultrasound probe.
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公开(公告)号：US20170172542A1
公开(公告)日：2017-06-22
申请号：US14973739
申请日：2015-12-18
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Warren Lee , Naveenan Thiagarajan
CPC classification number: A61B8/4433 , A61B8/546 , A61B8/56 , H02J7/0027 , H02J7/0044 , H02J7/025 , H02J50/10
Abstract: A docking station for electrically charging and managing a thermal condition of an ultrasound probe is presented. The docking station includes a first charging unit magnetically coupled to an induction unit of the ultrasound probe and configured to charge at least one battery in the ultrasound probe. Further, the docking station includes a first cooling unit thermally coupled to a thermal unit of the ultrasound probe and configured to dissipate heat from the ultrasound probe.
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公开(公告)号：US20170156694A1
公开(公告)日：2017-06-08
申请号：US14961903
申请日：2015-12-08
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Warren Lee
CPC classification number: A61B8/4455 , B29L2031/463 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y40/00 , B33Y50/00 , B33Y50/02 , B33Y80/00
Abstract: A method for customizing a probe grip of an ultrasound probe for a user is presented. The method includes printing the probe grip in a three-dimensional shape of the probe grip based on grip data corresponding to the user. Further, the method includes installing the printed probe grip on the ultrasound probe.
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公开(公告)号：US20150087988A1
公开(公告)日：2015-03-26
申请号：US14032392
申请日：2013-09-20
Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
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
IPC: A61B8/00
CPC classification number: A61B8/4494 , A61B8/4411 , A61B8/4455 , B06B1/0622
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.
Abstract translation: 提出了一种用于超声探头的超声波换能器阵列。 超声换能器阵列包括支撑结构。 此外，超声换能器阵列包括耦合到支撑结构的多个电声模块，其中多个电声模块中的每一个包括至少一个矩阵声阵列和互连元件，其中， 声学模块在支撑结构上是可互换的，以便适应于一个或多个形状的超声波探头，并且其中多个电声模块中的每一个以多个电声模块中的彼此基本相同的方式操作 。
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