Patents Assigned to Artann Corporation dba Artann Laboratories
  • Method and apparatus for elasticity imaging
    Patent number: 5524636
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for imaging a portion of the body tissue comprises support for a portion of the tissue, and a force applying member that tends to deform the tissue relative to a reference position, while at the same time a pressure pattern distribution is generated indicating areas of greater pressure which are a function of the amount of deformation and localized portions of the tissue being deformed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1996
    Assignee: Artann Corporation dba Artann Laboratories
    Inventors: Armen P. Sarvazyan, Andrei R. Skovoroda