Patents by Inventor Takao Katabami

Takao Katabami 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: 4344327
    Abstract: An electronic scanning ultrasonic diagnostic system comprising a probe having ultrasonic beam emitting surface, in which plural ultrasonic wave transducers are convexly arranged at equal distances, emitting desired sector scanning ultrasonic beams, a transmitting and receiving wave control circuit dividing transducers into optional and plural groups and repeatedly performing of transmitting and receiving action with ultrasonic directivities respectively different to each group, and supplying ultrasonic beam scanning signals to an image display section with an assumption that the respective extension lines of each sector scanning ultrasonic beams coincide with the center of the arc shape of the probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1982
    Assignee: Aloka Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Yoshikawa, Takao Katabami, Katsumi Fujinaga, Yoshiaki Kobayashi