Patents by Inventor Danilo Fiasca

Danilo Fiasca 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).

  • Interdigitated geometry transducer for optimizing the irradiated acoustic beam
    Patent number: 8033997
    Abstract: The invention relates to an ultrasonic transducer comprising a plurality of micro-cells, arranged in an array having M rows and N columns, and driving electronic means apt to connect in parallel to each other said micro-cells so as to form at least two sub-groups of said micro-cells, the micro-cells of each sub-group being connected in parallel to each other, at least one column of said array comprising micro-cells belonging to at least two different adjacent sub-groups, so that a radiation emitted in a direction perpendicular to the array columns by said at least one column has a phase that is intermediate between the phases of said at least two different adjacent sub-groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Esaote S.p.A,
    Inventors: Danilo Fiasca, Giosuè Caliano, Alessandro Caronti, Vittorio Foglietti, Elena Cianci, Massimo Pappalardo
  • Interdigitated geometry transducer for optimizing the irradiated acoustic beam
    Publication number: 20060007045
    Abstract: The invention relates to an ultrasonic transducer comprising a plurality of micro-cells, arranged in an array having M rows and N columns, and driving electronic means apt to connect in parallel to each other said micro-cells so as to form at least two sub-groups of said micro-cells, the micro-cells of each sub-group being connected in parallel to each other, at least one column of said array comprising micro-cells belonging to at least two different adjacent sub-groups, so that a radiation emitted in a direction perpendicular to the array columns by said at least one column has a phase that is intermediate between the phases of said at least two different adjacent sub-groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Applicant: ESAOTE S.p.A.
    Inventors: Danilo Fiasca, Giosue Caliano, Alessandro Caronti, Vittorio Foglietti, Elena Cianci, Massimo Pappalardo