Ultrasound scanning system with semi-independent transducer array,申请号US19820414704-传众专利搜索

Ultrasound scanning system with semi-independent transducer array

申请公布号：US4437468(A)

申请号：US19820414704

申请日期：1982.09.03

申请公布日期：1984.03.20

申请人：

MEDTRONIC, INC.

发明人：SORENSON, PAUL D.;DICKSON, DALE A.

分类号：A61B8/08;G01S15/89;G10K11/35;(IPC1-7):A61B10/00

主分类号：A61B8/08

摘要：An ultrasound scanning system particularly adapted for scanning large body areas such as the back. There is a plurality of ultrasound transducers, each mounted in a transducer shoe, and each shoe in turn mounted on a plunger which seats in the bore of a housing so that it is free to move independently from the other transducers in a direction parallel to the bore, but is constrained to move with the other transducers in the two perpendicular directions. A spring seated in the bore between the housing and the plunger provides a bias force to maintain a positive and uniform contact between the transducer and the back.