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US 2016/0242811 A1Published application
Medical Apparatus and Its Visualisation
AssigneeUniversity Court of the University of Dundee
InventorsMuhammad Sadiq, Sandy Cochran, Zhihong Huang, George Corner, Graeme McLeod, Patrick Carena
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Abstract
The invention relates to improving medical interventions and in certain instances to the generation of image data, in particular data acquired during a medical intervention or procedure. The invention also concerns the visibility of structures in target regions to be imaged and how this may be enhanced.
Claims23
An ultrasonically actuated medical implement, comprising:
- a first mass assembly and a second mass assembly;
- a channel extending along a principal axis and defined at least in part by the mass assemblies;
- a piezoelectric element operable to cause reciprocation between the first and second mass assemblies along a principal axis;
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- a probe member received in the channel and fixedly coupled to the first mass assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.