Patents by Inventor Christopher Stephen Yetter

Christopher Stephen Yetter has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method for actively cooling an ultrasound probe
    Patent number: 8475375
    Abstract: An ultrasound system is provided for imaging an object. The ultrasound system includes an ultrasound probe for acquiring ultrasound data and a cooling subsystem for actively removing heat from the ultrasound probe. The cooling subsystem includes a pump disposed within a reservoir containing a coolant and configured to circulate the coolant through the ultrasound probe via a conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Lowell Scott Smith, Robert Stephen Lewandowski, Bruno Hans Haider, Charles Edward Baumgartner, George Charles Sogoian, Christopher Stephen Yetter, Douglas Glenn Wildes, Stephen Royal Kaiser, Svein Bergstoel, Reinhold Bruestle, Tunc Icoz, Steinar Bjaerum, Chester Frank Saj
  • System and method for actively cooling an ultrasound probe
    Publication number: 20080146924
    Abstract: An ultrasound system is provided for imaging an object. The ultrasound system includes an ultrasound probe for acquiring ultrasound data and a cooling subsystem for actively removing heat from the ultrasound probe. The cooling subsystem includes a pump disposed within a reservoir containing a coolant and configured to circulate the coolant through the ultrasound probe via a conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Lowell Scott Smith, Robert Stephen Lewandowski, Bruno Hans Haider, Charles Edward Baumgartner, George Charles Sogoian, Christopher Stephen Yetter, Douglas Glenn Wildes, Stephen Royal Kaiser, Svein Bergstoel, Reinhold Bruestle, Tunc Icoz, Steinar Bjaerum, Chester Frank Saj