Patents by Inventor Eric Evan Eichelberger

Eric Evan Eichelberger 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).

  • Ultrasound imaging probe assembly
    Patent number: 5897504
    Abstract: An ultrasound imaging probe assembly (2) has control cables (13, 14) extending along an inner core (5) of a cable assembly (1), an ultrasound imaging transducer assembly (1') connected with signal transmitting conductors (10) in the inner core (5), the cable assembly (1) having a compression resistant armor (6) slidably receiving the inner core (5), the inner core (5) having respective sheaths (11) receiving the control cables (13, 14) and the signal transmitting conductors (10) in the inner core (5) urge the control cables (14) along respective orthogonal axes centered on a central axis of the cable assembly (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Arthur Glen Buck, Eric Evan Eichelberger, Doris Arlene Beck
  • Navigable ultrasonic imaging probe assembly
    Patent number: 5842993
    Abstract: An ultrasound imaging probe assembly (3) has articulation control cables (4) and a rotating cable (6) enclosed by sheaths (16) in a signal transmitting cable (40), and the sheaths (16) extend inside a portion of the cable (40) to contain insulated wires (51) that supply power to reversible motors (10, 10a) that drive the cables (4 and 6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Evan Eichelberger, Arthur Glen Buck