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Endoscopic method & apparatus including ultrasonic B-scan imaging

  • US 4,327,738 A
  • Filed: 10/19/1979
  • Issued: 05/04/1982
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/19/1979
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An endoscopic probe for use in a system for visually examining and for ultrasonically imaging internal body parts, said probe comprising,a substantially cylindrical shaped elongated housing having forward and rear ends at the respective distal and proximal ends thereof and a longitudinal axis, said housing including a distal end member at the forward end thereof,means forming a plurality of longitudinally extending apertures through said distal end member at a first substantially semicylindrical portion of said housing for use in optically imaging internal body parts, anda longitudinally extending rectilinear ultrasonic transducer array including a plurality of adjacent transducer elements within the probe housing, said transducer array being positioned rearwardly the forward end of of said distal end member at a second substantially semicylindrical portion of said housing substantially opposite said first semicylindrical portion for use in ultrasonically imaging internal body parts.

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