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Manually operated ultrasound application

  • US 4,545,386 A
  • Filed: 04/22/1983
  • Issued: 10/08/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/21/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A manually operated ultrasound applicator for use in body cavities, said ultrasound applicator comprising:

  • (a) an ultrasound array containing a plurality of ultrasound transducer elements;

    (b) an elongated housing containing said ultrasound array, said housing having a scanning surface for placement on an area under examination and a concave and elongated top surface opposed to said scanning surface and shaped to accommodate a bottom surface of a user'"'"'s fingertip;

    (c) a connection cable electrically connected to said ultrasound array and adapted for coupling to an image signal processing device; and

    (d) a yoke mounted on the housing and located above its top surface and being shaped to receive a user'"'"'s fingertip, thereby detachably securing the housing to a distal end of a user'"'"'s fingertip.

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