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US 2011/0218423 A1Published application
Wearable ultrasound probe assembly and method of manufacturing same
OwnerJiang Hsieh, Michael John Barber +4inventors
InventorsJiang Hsieh, Michael John Barber, Brian J. Kost, William R. Clarke, Michael A. Juhl, Anne Lindsay Hall
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Abstract
A wearable ultrasound probe apparatus includes a wearable membrane. An ultrasound transducer is also included that is integrated into the wearable membrane and configured to maintain a substantially consistent contact with a surface of an object to be imaged when the object has the wearable membrane disposed thereon.
Claims20
A wearable ultrasound probe apparatus comprising:
- a wearable membrane;
- and
- an ultrasound transducer integrated into the wearable membrane and configured to maintain a substantially consistent contact with a surface of an object to be imaged when the object has the wearable membrane disposed thereon.
A wearable ultrasound probe assembly comprising:
- an ultrasound transducer array comprising a plurality of ultrasound transducers;
- and
- a wearable membrane having the plurality of ultrasound transducers disposed thereabout;
- wherein the wearable membrane is configured to cause the plurality of ultrasound transducers to maintain a substantially consistent contact with a surface of an object to be imaged when the object has the wearable membrane disposed thereon.
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A method of manufacturing a wearable ultrasound probe assembly comprising:
- providing a wearable membrane configured to maintain a substantially consistent contact with a surface of an object to be imaged when the object has the wearable membrane disposed thereon;
- and
- coupling a plurality of ultrasound transducers to the wearable membrane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.