G10K 11/30
Using refraction
Official title: using refraction, e.g. acoustic lenses
G10K11/30 (Using refraction) appears on 336 US grants and 285 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G10K- Granted patents
- 336
- Published applications
- 285
- Assignees
- 211
- Inventors
- 746
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 7 | 2 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 |
| 2003 | 7 | 7 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2006 | 0 | 3 |
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| 2019 | 12 | 25 |
| 2020 | 21 | 14 |
| 2021 | 10 | 27 |
| 2022 | 12 | 21 |
| 2023 | 29 | 13 |
| 2024 | 14 | 15 |
| 2025 | 13 | 24 |
| 2026 | 10 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Carbon nanotube acoustic lens for underwater high intensity acoustic delivery29 Sep 2026US 12,748,078 B2The Boeing Company
- Planar linear array for ultrasound8 Sep 2026US 12,727,858 B2Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc.
- Transducer and ultrasonic probe having the same18 Aug 2026US 12,710,308 B2Qisda Corporation
- Semi-compact photoacoustic devices and systems21 Jul 2026US 12,685,446 B2QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Shock wave device21 Jul 2026US 12,685,550 B2BTL Medical Solutions A. S.
- Ultrasonic transducer10 Sep 2026US 2026/0268885 A1Qisda Corporation
- Acoustic Windows with Limited Acoustic Attenuation for Ultrasound Probes28 May 2026US 2026/0146974 A1Bfly Operations, Inc.
- Systems and methods of 3d volumetric ultrasound imaging8 Jan 2026US 2026/0007389 A1University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
- Method of Designing a Device Having a Plurality of Elements Using Phase Maps1 Jan 2026US 2026/0004766 A1UCL Business PLC
- Ultrasonic probe30 Oct 2025US 2025/0331818 A1GE Precision Healthcare LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ultrasound transducer with focused ultrasound refraction plate240US 5,873,845 AGeneral Electric Company · 1999
- Apparatus for the treatment of biological tissue and corporal concretions176US 5,795,311 AStorz Medical AG · 1998
- Ultrasonic scanning head with reduced geometrical distortion164US 4,325,381 ANew York Institute of Technology · 1982
- Apparatus for the contact-free disintegration of calculi164US 4,674,505 ASiemens Aktiengesellschaft · 1987
- Method and apparatus for surface ultrasound imaging150US 5,820,564 AAlbatross Technologies, Inc. · 1998