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US 9,987,809 B2Granted
System and method for manufacturing an ultrasound probe lens
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJimmie Autrey Beacham, Jessica Lynn Abraham, Brian John Masterson
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Abstract
A method includes the steps of measuring a surface profile of a first component, determining a profile of a second component, the profile of the second component being configured to correspond to the surface profile of the first component, and manufacturing the second component utilizing additive technology in accordance with the determined profile.
Claims7
A method of manufacturing a lens for an ultrasound probe, comprising the steps of:
- measuring a surface profile of an acoustic stack of the ultrasound probe;
- calculating a profile for the lens;
- printing the lens onto the acoustic stack in accordance with the calculated profile;
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- wherein the step of calculating the profile for the lens includes calculating a curvature of the lens in dependence upon the measured surface profile of the acoustic stack.
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