Ultrasound Coupling Shoe
OwnerEskil Skoglund, Tore Magne Skar +1inventors
InventorsEskil Skoglund, Tore Magne Skar, Fredrik Lingvall
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Abstract
A coupling shoe for attachment to a transducer module to couple ultrasound transmitted by the transducer module into a target object, the coupling shoe comprising a transducer engaging portion; a couplant chamber arranged to hold couplant; and a flexible membrane at least partially defining a probe surface for facing the target object through which couplant from the couplant chamber can seep for coupling ultrasound transmitted by the transducer module into the target object.
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A coupling shoe for attachment to a transducer module to couple ultrasound transmitted by the transducer module into a target object, the coupling shoe comprising:
- a transducer engaging portion;
- a couplant chamber arranged to hold couplant;
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- a flexible membrane at least partially defining a probe surface for facing the target object through which couplant from the couplant chamber can seep for coupling ultrasound transmitted by the transducer module into the target object.
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A coupling shoe for attachment to a transducer module to couple ultrasound transmitted by the transducer module into a target object, the coupling shoe comprising:
- a transducer engaging portion;
- a couplant chamber arranged to hold couplant for coupling ultrasound transmitted by the transducer module into the target object, the couplant chamber having an outlet for dispensing couplant to an interface with the target object;
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- an inlet in communication with the couplant chamber for supplying couplant to the couplant chamber, the inlet comprising a contact-sensitive actuator for controlling couplant delivery to the couplant chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.