Patents by Inventor Lawrence D. Acker

Lawrence D. Acker 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).

  • Patent number: 4870971
    Abstract: A transmit focus generator circuit for pulsing an array of transducers in an ultrasound pulse echo imaging system for transmission of a focused beam of coherent ultrasound energy. A system clock is separated into eight phases. Focusing is achieved by controlling the clock phase delay and burst delay of transmission from each transducer element. Precalculated waveform parameters are stored in a system memory. For each line scan, registers in a transmit focus block for each transducer driver circuit are loaded with the waveform parameters. For each transducer element within the aperture for a particular line scan, the circuit controls the output of pulses to achieve a focused wavefront.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1989
    Assignee: North American Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Robert H. Russell, Lawrence D. Acker