B06B 1/067
Which is used as, or combined with, an impedance matching layer
Official title: {which is used as, or combined with, an impedance matching layer}
B06B1/067 (Which is used as, or combined with, an impedance matching layer) appears on 219 US grants and 278 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B06B- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Ultrasonic transducer module6 Oct 2026US 12,752,301 B2Qisda Corporation
- Optical microscope for retinal imaging22 Sep 2026US 12,740,703 B2Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
- Ultrasound interconnect stack and method of manufacturing same25 Aug 2026US 12,715,021 B2DarkVision Technologies Inc.
- Ultrasound transducer unit, array and ultrasonic treatment device25 Aug 2026US 12,715,022 B2Shenzhen Peninsula Medical Group
- Transducer and ultrasonic probe having the same18 Aug 2026US 12,710,308 B2Qisda Corporation
- Planar linear array for ultrasound24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283595 A1Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc.
- Metastructure for impedance matching for multilayer or non-uniform barrier, ultrasonic probe comprising same, and ultrasonic image diagnosis apparatus comprising same3 Sep 2026US 2026/0260641 A1Center for Advanced Meta-Materials
- System and methods for autonomous ultrasonographic imaging13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232295 A1Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
- Acoustic stacks for ultrasound transducers and methods of making the same9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192334 A1GE Precision Healthcare LLC
- Ultrasonic transducer device18 Jun 2026US 2026/0166588 A1Qisda Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method for detecting blood flow in intravascular ultrasonic imaging289US 5,453,575 AEndosonics Corporation · 1995
- Ultrasonic transducer179US 4,672,591 ASiemens Aktiengesellschaft · 1987
- Ultrasound catheter probe179US 5,779,644 AEndosonics Corporation · 1998
- Ultrasound catheter177US 5,368,037 AEndosonics Corporation · 1994
- Method of forming a resonance transducer160US 6,772,490 B2Measurement Specialties, Inc. · 2004