Testing device for acoustic probes and systems

A hand-held testing device for testing operation of acoustic elements comprised by an acoustic device, the hand-held testing device comprising:

• a housing;
• a power supply local to the housing;
• an acoustic transducer;
• and
• circuitry disposed within the housing and provided in electrical communication with the power supply and with the acoustic transducer, wherein the circuitry is configured to identify production of a voltage pulse by the acoustic transducer in response to receipt of a received acoustic signal by the acoustic transducer from one of the acoustic elements and to operate the transducer to transmit a transmitted acoustic signal to the one of the acoustic elements;
• wherein a tip has an elevational length less than about 1 cm.

A hand-held testing device for testing operation of acoustic elements comprised by an acoustic device, the hand-held testing device comprising:

• a housing;
• a power supply local to the housing;
• an acoustic transducer;
• and
• circuitry disposed within the housing and provided in electrical communication with the power supply and with the acoustic transducer, wherein the circuitry is configured to identify production of a voltage pulse by the acoustic transducer in response to receipt of a received acoustic signal by the acoustic transducer from one of the acoustic elements and to operate the transducer to transmit a transmitted acoustic signal to the one of the acoustic elements;
• wherein a tip has an elevational length between 0.1 and 0.5 cm.

A hand-held testing device for testing operation of acoustic elements comprised by an acoustic device, the hand-held testing device comprising:

• a housing;
• a power supply local to the housing;
• an acoustic transducer;
• circuitry disposed within the housing and provided in electrical communication with the power supply and with the acoustic transducer, wherein the circuitry is configured to identify production of a voltage pulse by the acoustic transducer in response to receipt of a received acoustic signal by the acoustic transducer from one of the acoustic elements and to operate the transducer to transmit a transmitted acoustic signal to the one of the acoustic elements;
• and
• a signaling element provided in electrical communication with the circuitry, wherein the circuitry is further configured to identify production of the voltage pulse by placing the signaling element into a predetermined state.