Patents Assigned to The Commonwealth of Australia Care of the Department of Health
  • Method and apparatus for ultrasonic examination
    Patent number: 4167180
    Abstract: Apparatus for the pulse-echo ultrasonic examination of an object comprised f transducer means for transmitting pulses of ultrasonic energy and receiving reflected echoes of said pulses immersed in a coupling medium contained within a housing, the pulses being transmitted and echoes received through an aperture in the housing which may be covered with a flexible coupling membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1979
    Assignee: The Commonwealth of Australia, care of the Department of Health
    Inventor: George Kossoff
  • Ultrasonic beam forming technique
    Patent number: 4016751
    Abstract: Apparatus for ultrasonic examination of objects, particularly in medical gnostic examination, incorporates means for focusing portions of the beam of ultrasonic pulses generated by a transducer at a plurality of distances from the transducer to reduce the width of the beam over a large distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1977
    Assignee: The Commonwealth of Australia Care of the Department of Health
    Inventor: George Kossoff