Capping structures for acoustic printing
    31.
    发明授权
    Capping structures for acoustic printing 失效
    用于声学印刷的封盖结构

    公开(公告)号:US5686945A

    公开(公告)日:1997-11-11

    申请号:US337913

    申请日:1994-11-14

    IPC分类号: B41J2/175 B41J2/14 B41J2/135

    摘要: Acoustically thin capping structures and acoustic droplet ejectors having fluid wells and which use such capping structures to create fluid cells. The inventive capping structures permit the accurate positioning of the free surface of a fluid, permit acoustically induced fluid droplet ejection, and prevent fluid from spilling from the fluid wells. "Acoustically thin" means that the thickness of the capping structure is small enough that the acoustic energy that is lost passing through the capping structure is less than 50% of the incident acoustic energy.

    摘要翻译: 声学薄封盖结构和具有流体孔的声学液滴喷射器,并且使用这种封盖结构来产生流体池。 本发明的封盖结构允许流体的自由表面的精确定位,允许声学诱导的液滴喷射,并且防止流体从流体孔溢出。 “声学上薄”意味着封盖结构的厚度足够小,使得通过封盖结构失去的声能小于入射声能的50%。

    Liquid level control structure
    32.
    发明授权
    Liquid level control structure 失效
    液位控制结构

    公开(公告)号:US5392064A

    公开(公告)日:1995-02-21

    申请号:US810248

    申请日:1991-12-19

    摘要: A liquid level control structure is provided comprising a plate having substantially flat top and bottom surfaces and an hourglass-shaped aperture containing a marking fluid. Protruding a known amount and at a known angle from opposite sides of the aperture waist are knife-edged lips that interact with the fluid's surface tension to control the location of an unbounded surface of the fluid.

    摘要翻译: 提供了液面控制结构,其包括具有基本上平坦的顶部和底部表面的板和包含标记流体的沙漏形孔。 从孔径腰部的相对侧突出已知的量并以已知的角度突出的是刀刃边缘,其与流体的表面张力相互作用以控制流体的无界表面的位置。

    Liquid surface control with an applied pressure signal in acoustic ink
printing
    33.
    发明授权
    Liquid surface control with an applied pressure signal in acoustic ink printing 失效
    液压表面控制与应用压力信号在声学印刷中的应用

    公开(公告)号:US5229793A

    公开(公告)日:1993-07-20

    申请号:US634248

    申请日:1990-12-26

    IPC分类号: B41J2/015 B41J2/14

    摘要: This invention is an acoustic ink printer. It has a pool of ink (33) with a free surface (36). Underneath the ink is a print head (10) which has droplet ejectors (14) for irradiating the free surface (36) of the pool of ink (33) with focused acoustic radiation (44). Over the free surface (36) of the pool of ink (33) is a membrane (16), with one or more apertures (20) aligned with the droplet ejectors (14), in intimate contact with the free surface (36) of the pool of ink (33). The apertures 20 are substantially larger than the waist diameter (46) of the focused acoustic radiation (44). An external pressure source (50) maintains the meniscus (48) of the pool of ink (33) substantially in the focal plane (52) of the focused acoustic radiation (44) during operation of the droplet ejectors (14). A piezoelectric crystal (24) is in intimate contact with the pool of ink (33). An electrical signal source (32) energizes the piezoelectric crystal (24) in order to apply a pressure signal (54) on demand to the pool of ink (33) during operation of the droplet ejectors (14). The different pressure signals (54) resulting from application of different electrical signals (29) to the piezoelectric crystal (24) can be utilized to eject individual droplets (38) of ink (33) from the free surface (34) of the ink (33) on demand, or to effect finer control over the free surface (34) of the ink (33) than is possible with the external pressure source (50) by itself.

    Acoustic transducer for acoustic microscopy
    34.
    发明授权
    Acoustic transducer for acoustic microscopy 失效
    用于声学显微镜的声学换能器

    公开(公告)号:US4909082A

    公开(公告)日:1990-03-20

    申请号:US281941

    申请日:1988-12-06

    IPC分类号: G01H11/08 G10K11/30

    CPC分类号: G10K11/30 G01H11/08

    摘要: A shear acoustic transducer-lens system in which a shear polarized piezoelectric material excites shear polarized waves at one end of a buffer rod having a lens at the other end which excites longitudinal waves in a coupling medium by mode conversion at selected locations on the lens.

    摘要翻译: 剪切式声学传感器透镜系统,其中剪切极化压电材料在另一端具有透镜的缓冲杆的一端处激发剪切极化波,其通过在透镜上的选定位置处的模式转换激发耦合介质中的纵波。

    Nozzleless liquid droplet ejectors
    37.
    发明授权
    Nozzleless liquid droplet ejectors 失效
    无喷嘴液滴喷射器

    公开(公告)号:US4697195A

    公开(公告)日:1987-09-29

    申请号:US946682

    申请日:1987-01-05

    IPC分类号: B41J2/14 G01D15/16

    摘要: A nozzleless print head for ink jet printing and the like comprises one or more essentially planar surface acoustic wave transducers which are submerged at a predetermined depth in a liquid filled reservoir, so that each of the transducers launches a converging cone of coherent acoustic waves into the reservoir, thereby producing an acoustic beam which comes to a focus at or near the surface of the reservoir (i.e., the liquid/air interface). The acoustic beam may be intensity modulated to control the ejection timing, or an external source may be used to extract droplets from the acoustically excited liquid on the surface of the reservoir on demand. Regardless of the timing mechanism employed, the size of the ejected droplets is determined by the waist diameter of the focused acoustic beam. To control, the direction in which the droplets are ejected, provision may be made for producing a controllable acoustical asymmetry for steering the focused acoustic beam in a direction generally parallel to the surface of the reservoir.

    摘要翻译: 用于喷墨打印等的无喷嘴打印头包括一个或多个基本上平面的表面声波换能器,其在液体填充的储存器中浸没在预定深度处,使得每个换能器将相干声波的会聚锥发射到 从而产生在储存器表面(即,液体/空气界面)处或其附近聚焦的声束。 声束可以被强度调制以控制喷射定时,或者可以使用外部源来根据需要从储层表面上的声吸收液体中提取液滴。 不管所采用的定时机制如何,喷射的液滴的尺寸由聚焦声束的腰部直径决定。 为了控制喷射液滴的方向,可以提供用于产生可控的声学不对称性,以便在大致平行于储存器的表面的方向上转向聚焦的声束。

    Method and apparatus for ultrasound assisted local delivery of drugs and biomarkers
    38.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for ultrasound assisted local delivery of drugs and biomarkers 有权
    用于超声辅助局部递送药物和生物标志物的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US08852104B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-10-07

    申请号:US12798982

    申请日:2010-04-14

    IPC分类号: A61B5/05 A61B5/00 A61M37/00

    摘要: The current invention provides an ultrasound-assisted delivery device, that includes a focused ultrasound transducer having an ultrasound focal point, a real-time imaging device having an imaging focal point, and a therapeutic delivery device, where the transducer and the imaging device are integrated with the delivery device, and the ultrasound focal point coincides with the imaging focal point, where the delivery device and transducer are disposed to provide an unobstructed imaging path for the real-time imaging device. The invention further includes a scanning optical or laser beam having a focal point disposed to sweep across the target, where the delivery device is disposed to deliver an optical contrast material to the target, and the scanning focal point coincides with the ultrasound and imaging focal points, where the target or the optical contrast material react to the scanning beam to generate at least one interface signal.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种超声辅助输送装置,其包括具有超声焦点的聚焦超声换能器,具有成像焦点的实时成像装置和治疗递送装置,其中所述换能器和成像装置被集成 并且超声焦点与成像焦点重合,其中输送装置和换能器被设置成为实时成像装置提供无障碍的成像路径。 本发明还包括扫描光学或激光束,其具有设置成扫过靶的焦点,其中输送装置设置成将光学对比材料输送到靶,并且扫描焦点与超声波和成像焦点重合 ,其中所述目标或所述光学对比材料对所述扫描光束起反应以产生至少一个接口信号。

    Medical screening and diagnostics based on air-coupled photoacoustics
    39.
    发明授权
    Medical screening and diagnostics based on air-coupled photoacoustics 有权
    基于空气耦合光声学的医学筛查和诊断

    公开(公告)号:US08843190B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-23

    申请号:US13554985

    申请日:2012-07-20

    IPC分类号: A61B5/05 A61B5/00

    CPC分类号: A61B5/0095 A61B5/0507

    摘要: Surface selective photoacoustic (PA) medical imaging is introduced. Surface selective PA imaging is responsive to surface features and does not image sub-surface features, in contrast to conventional PA imaging. The surface PA signal can be considerably larger than the bulk PA signal, for an air-coupled (or gas-coupled) acoustic transducer. Distinguishing these two signals based on time of arrival at the transducer can further distinguish the two signals. This approach provides numerous advantages. Non-contact imaging simplifies and expedites imaging, and can serve as a replacement for visual inspection by physicians. Applications include skin screening and endoscopy.

    摘要翻译: 介绍了表面选择性光声(PA)医学成像。 与传统的PA成像相比,表面选择性PA成像对表面特征有反应,并且不影像亚表面特征。 对于空气耦合(或气体耦合)的声换能器,表面PA信号可以大大地大于体积PA信号。 基于到达换能器的时间区分这两个信号可以进一步区分两个信号。 这种方法提供了许多优点。 非接触式成像简化并加速成像,可作为医生进行视觉检查的替代品。 应用包括皮肤筛查和内窥镜检查。

    Direct wafer bonded 2-D CUMT array
    40.
    发明授权
    Direct wafer bonded 2-D CUMT array 有权
    直接晶圆接合2-D CUMT阵列

    公开(公告)号:US07846102B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-12-07

    申请号:US12288575

    申请日:2008-10-20

    IPC分类号: A61B8/14 H02N1/00

    摘要: A capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) array connected to a separate electronic unit is provided. The CMUT array includes at least two active elements, a ground element at the array end, and a non-active element having isolation trenches disposed between the active and ground elements. The active element includes a doped first silicon layer, a doped second silicon layer, and a first insulating layer disposed there between. A cavity is in the first silicon layer having a cross section that includes vertical portions disposed at each end of a horizontal portion, and the vertical portion spans from the first insulating layer through the first silicon layer such that a portion of the first silicon layer is isolated by the first insulating layer and the cavity. A membrane layer on the first silicon layer spans the cavity. A bottom electrode is disposed on the bottom of the second silicon layer.

    摘要翻译: 提供连接到单独的电子单元的电容微机械超声换能器(CMUT)阵列。 CMUT阵列包括至少两个有源元件,阵列端的接地元件以及设置在有源和接地元件之间的具有隔离沟道的非有源元件。 有源元件包括掺杂的第一硅层,掺杂的第二硅层和设置在其间的第一绝缘层。 空腔在第一硅层中,其横截面包括设置在水平部分的每一端处的垂直部分,并且垂直部分跨越第一绝缘层穿过第一硅层,使得第一硅层的一部分为 由第一绝缘层和空腔隔离。 第一硅层上的膜层跨越空腔。 底部电极设置在第二硅层的底部。