Patents Assigned to Commonwealth of Australia, The Department of Health
  • Rotating ultrasonic scanner
    Patent number: 4455872
    Abstract: A rotating scanner for use in ultrasonic echoscopy has a linearly scanned transducer arrangement, for transmitting beams of ultrasonic energy into an object (and receiving reflected ultrasonic echoes from the object). The transducer arrangement is rotated about an axis passing through the center or one end of the linear scan. The linear scanning may be mechanical scanning, or by electronic switching of an array of transducer elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 26, 1984
    Assignee: Commonwealth of Australia, The Department of Health
    Inventors: George Kossoff, Jack Jellins