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Operator supervised temperature control system and method for an ultrasound transducer

  • US 6,663,578 B1
  • Filed: 10/11/2002
  • Issued: 12/16/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of cooling an imaging ultrasonic transducer in an imaging ultrasonic transducer system, wherein a patient-contacting surface of said imaging ultrasonic transducer is pressed externally against the skin of a patient in order to generate an image, comprising the steps of:

  • selecting by an operator at least one mutable system parameter of the imaging ultrasonic transducer system;

    determining a temperature of the imaging ultrasonic transducer at the patient-contacting surface; and

    implementing a parameter change in the selected at least one mutable system parameter based on the determined temperature, wherein the parameter change will cause a reduction, if necessary, in the temperature of the patient-contacting surface of the imaging ultrasonic transducer to prevent damage to the skin of the patient and pain to the patient.

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