Abstract: An acoustical lens for focusing ultrasonic energy having a transducer, a curved focussing lens and a voltage generator coupled with the transducer. The transducer is comprised of an array of piezoelectric crystal elements. The focussing lens has a concave upper surface and a planar bottom surface allowing the array of piezoelectric elements to be coupled to the bottomsurface of the array. The piezoelectric elements receive voltage from the voltage generator and transmit an energy ray through the focussing lens producing a focussed energy beam.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 12, 1989
Date of Patent:
July 23, 1991
Assignee:
Diasonic Inc.
Inventors:
James W. Pell, Gerald L. Hansen, William H. Stephens, Alan R. Selfridge