G01S 15/8915
Using a transducer array
Official title: {using a transducer array}
G01S15/8915 (Using a transducer array) appears on 2,109 US grants and 2,343 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01S- Granted patents
- 2,109
- Published applications
- 2,343
- Assignees
- 607
- Inventors
- 3,218
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 15 | 0 |
| 1979 | 22 | 0 |
| 1980 | 18 | 0 |
| 1981 | 15 | 0 |
| 1982 | 10 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 11 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 29 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 37 | 0 |
| 2000 | 31 | 0 |
| 2001 | 28 | 1 |
| 2002 | 36 | 32 |
| 2003 | 37 | 48 |
| 2004 | 46 | 44 |
| 2005 | 22 | 55 |
| 2006 | 15 | 31 |
| 2007 | 11 | 41 |
| 2008 | 15 | 51 |
| 2009 | 21 | 69 |
| 2010 | 41 | 49 |
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| 2012 | 40 | 62 |
| 2013 | 32 | 82 |
| 2014 | 47 | 111 |
| 2015 | 52 | 137 |
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| 2017 | 58 | 133 |
| 2018 | 89 | 164 |
| 2019 | 114 | 150 |
| 2020 | 114 | 168 |
| 2021 | 133 | 170 |
| 2022 | 151 | 166 |
| 2023 | 159 | 133 |
| 2024 | 151 | 135 |
| 2025 | 116 | 94 |
| 2026 | 86 | 50 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G01S 15/8925The array being a two-dimensional transducer configuration, i.e. matrix or orthogonal linear625
- G01S 15/8927Using simultaneously or sequentially two or more subarrays or subapertures619
- G01S 15/8918The array being linear304
- G01S 15/892The array being curvilinear138
- G01S 15/8922The array being concentric or annular128
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for carrying out a medical procedure using a three-dimensional tracking and imaging system968US 6,246,898 B1Sonometrics Corporation · 2001
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- Methods and apparatus for performing diagnostic and therapeutic ultrasound simultaneously662US 5,558,092 AImaRx Pharmaceutical Corp. · 1996
- Apparatus and method for imaging small cavities501US 4,917,097 AEndosonics Corporation · 1990
- Annular array transducer409US 5,520,188 AFocus Surgery, Inc. · 1996