MULTIPLE APERTURE ULTRASOUND ARRAY ALIGNMENT FIXTURE
    7.
    发明申请
    MULTIPLE APERTURE ULTRASOUND ARRAY ALIGNMENT FIXTURE 审中-公开
    多孔超声波阵列对准装置

    公开(公告)号:WO2010120907A2

    公开(公告)日:2010-10-21

    申请号:PCT/US2010031067

    申请日:2010-04-14

    Abstract: Increasing the effective aperture of an ultrasound imaging probe by including more than one probe head and using the elements of all of the probes to render an image can greatly improve the lateral resolution of the generated image. In order to render an image, the relative positions of all of the elements must be known precisely. A calibration fixture is described in which the probe assembly to be calibrated is placed above a test block and transmits ultrasonic pulses through the test block to an ultrasonic sensor. As the ultrasonic pulses are transmitted though some or all of the elements in the probe to be tested, the differential transit times of arrival of the waveform are measured precisely. From these measurements the relative positions of the probe elements can be computed and the probe can be aligned.

    Abstract translation: 通过包括多于一个探针头并使用所有探针的元件来渲染图像来增加超声成像探针的有效孔径可以极大地改善所产生的图像的横向分辨率。 为了呈现图像,必须精确地知道所有元素的相对位置。 描述了一种校准夹具,其中要校准的探针组件放置在测试块上方,并将超声波脉冲通过测试块传送到超声波传感器。 由于超声波脉冲通过要测试的探头中的一些或全部元件传输,波形的到达差分传递时间被精确地测量。 通过这些测量,可以计算探针元件的相对位置,并且可以对准探针。

    GASTRIC SPACE OCCUPIER SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE
    8.
    发明申请
    GASTRIC SPACE OCCUPIER SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE 审中-公开
    胃肠外营养系统及其使用方法

    公开(公告)号:WO2009086549A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-07-09

    申请号:PCT/US2008/088581

    申请日:2008-12-30

    CPC classification number: A61F5/0036 A61F5/003

    Abstract: Systems for controlling obesity utilize a number of space occupiers positioned in the stomach to reduce the effective volume of the stomach. Such arrangements provides sufficient stomach volume consumption to induce weight loss, but enable use of space occupiers that are proportioned to minimize the threat of obstruction even if they should migrate into the intestine. In general, numerous small volume space occupiers are placed in the stomach such that the total volume equals or exceeds the single volume of prior art single unit space occupiers. However, each individual space occupier is proportioned so that it will pass without obstruction if it moves into the intestine.

    Abstract translation: 用于控制肥胖的系统利用位于胃中的多个空间占用者来减少胃的有效体积。 这种布置提供足够的胃体积消耗以引起体重减轻,但是能够使用成比例的空间占用者,以尽量减少阻塞的威胁,即使它们应该迁移到肠中。 通常,许多小容量空间占用者被放置在胃中,使得总体积等于或超过现有技术的单个单位空间占用者的单个体积。 然而,每个单独的空间占有者是成比例的,以便如果它进入肠,它将不会阻塞。

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