Ultrasonic transducer array and method of manufacturing the same

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6776763
APP PUB NO 20020087083A1
SERIAL NO

10066129

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In a method of manufacturing an ultrasonic transducer array a plurality of discrete transducer elements are formed on an initially flat flexible substrate together with electrically conductive tracks, through which the transducer elements will be energised in use, the flexible substrate with the discrete transducer elements and conductive tracks mounted thereon then being formed into a cylinder and mounted on the end of a catheter tube, the substrate being radially outwardly of the transducer elements so that it is in a position to act also as an acoustic matching layer between the material of the transducer elements and the human tissues or blood when in use.

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VOLCANO CORPORATION3721 VALLEY CENTRE DRIVE SUITE 500 SAN DIEGO CA 92130

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dickinson, Robert Julian London, GB 34 1387
Keilman, George Woodrow Woodinville, WA 3 368
Nix, Elvin Leonard London, GB 5 532

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