Patents Assigned to Mediscan Inc.
  • Ultrasonic body scanner and method
    Patent number: 4137777
    Abstract: Non-destructive testing with ultrasonic energy is performed by scanning a focused ultrasound beam until a region of interest is detected and rescanning this region with the beam focused at a plurality of depths. Apparatus for ultrasonic body scanning for medical purposes may include an actively driven transducer crystal which may be dynamically focused. A beam of energy produced by the transducer will be coupled to the patient by a liquid path and a movable mirror may be interposed along the liquid path to cause scanning of the beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1979
    Assignee: Mediscan Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald A. Haverl, Milton Stoller