Patents by Inventor Leon A. Frizzell

Leon A. Frizzell 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: 4549533
    Abstract: The disclosed apparatus of the invention operates to generate and direct ultrasound over predetermined regions of a body, such as a programmed sequence of target points. A plurality of side-by-side tapered piezoelectric transducer elements are provided. Means are provided for energizing the transducer elements with electrical energy having a variable frequency. The frequency of the electrical energy is varied to change the direction of the ultrasound produced by the transducer elements. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, a processor is responsive to a coordinate of an input target point for controlling the variation of frequency. In one form of the invention, means are provided for varying the relative phases of the electrical energy applied to the transducer elements. In this form of the invention, the processor means is also responsive to at least another coordinate of the input target point for controlling the variation of the relative phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1985
    Assignee: University of Illinois
    Inventors: Charles A. Cain, Leon A. Frizzell