Patents by Inventor Christopher Yetter

Christopher 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).

  • Publication number: 20150087988
    Abstract: An ultrasound transducer array for an ultrasound probe is presented. The ultrasound transducer array includes a support structure. Further, the ultrasound transducer array includes a plurality of electro-acoustic modules coupled to the support structure, wherein each of the plurality of electro-acoustic modules comprises at least one matrix acoustic array and an interconnect element, wherein each of the plurality of electro-acoustic modules is interchangeable on the support structure so as to adapt to one or more shapes of the ultrasound probe, and wherein each of the plurality of electro-acoustic modules operates in a manner substantially identical to each other of the plurality of electro-acoustic modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Warren Lee, Bruno Hans Haider, Stephen Dodge Edwardsen, Geir Ultveit Haugen, Scott Cogan, Chester Saj, Christopher Yetter, Bjornar Sten-Nilsen, Shinichi Amemiya, Charles Edward Baumgartner