EP0614704A3 - Sound pulse generating apparatus for medical applications. - Google Patents

Sound pulse generating apparatus for medical applications. Download PDF

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Publication number: EP0614704A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: generating apparatus; pulse generating; medical applications; sound pulse; sound
Prior art date: 1993-03-11
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP9494101427A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

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EP0614704A2 (en

EP0614704B1 (en

Inventor

Werner Krauss

Jan Dipl-Ing Zwingenberger

Peter Jaggy

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Richard Wolf GmbH

Original Assignee

Richard Wolf GmbH

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1993-03-11

Filing date

1994-02-01

Publication date

1994-10-19

1994-02-01 Application filed by Richard Wolf GmbH filed Critical Richard Wolf GmbH

1994-09-14 Publication of EP0614704A2 publication Critical patent/EP0614704A2/en

1994-10-19 Publication of EP0614704A3 publication Critical patent/EP0614704A3/en

1996-01-24 Application granted granted Critical

1996-01-24 Publication of EP0614704B1 publication Critical patent/EP0614704B1/en

2014-02-01 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B06—GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS IN GENERAL
- B06B—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OF INFRASONIC, SONIC, OR ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY, e.g. FOR PERFORMING MECHANICAL WORK IN GENERAL
- B06B1/00—Methods or apparatus for generating mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic, or ultrasonic frequency
- B06B1/02—Methods or apparatus for generating mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic, or ultrasonic frequency making use of electrical energy
- B06B1/0207—Driving circuits
- B06B1/0215—Driving circuits for generating pulses, e.g. bursts of oscillations, envelopes
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B06—GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS IN GENERAL
- B06B—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OF INFRASONIC, SONIC, OR ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY, e.g. FOR PERFORMING MECHANICAL WORK IN GENERAL
- B06B2201/00—Indexing scheme associated with B06B1/0207 for details covered by B06B1/0207 but not provided for in any of its subgroups
- B06B2201/20—Application to multi-element transducer
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B06—GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS IN GENERAL
- B06B—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OF INFRASONIC, SONIC, OR ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY, e.g. FOR PERFORMING MECHANICAL WORK IN GENERAL
- B06B2201/00—Indexing scheme associated with B06B1/0207 for details covered by B06B1/0207 but not provided for in any of its subgroups
- B06B2201/50—Application to a particular transducer type
- B06B2201/55—Piezoelectric transducer
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B06—GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS IN GENERAL
- B06B—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OF INFRASONIC, SONIC, OR ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY, e.g. FOR PERFORMING MECHANICAL WORK IN GENERAL
- B06B2201/00—Indexing scheme associated with B06B1/0207 for details covered by B06B1/0207 but not provided for in any of its subgroups
- B06B2201/70—Specific application
- B06B2201/76—Medical, dental
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
- H04R17/00—Piezoelectric transducers; Electrostrictive transducers
- H04R17/04—Gramophone pick-ups using a stylus; Recorders using a stylus
- H04R17/08—Gramophone pick-ups using a stylus; Recorders using a stylus signals being recorded or played back by vibration of a stylus in two orthogonal directions simultaneously

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
Transducers For Ultrasonic Waves (AREA)
Surgical Instruments (AREA)
Apparatuses For Generation Of Mechanical Vibrations (AREA)

EP94101427A 1993-03-11 1994-02-01 Sound pulse generating apparatus for medical applications Expired - Lifetime EP0614704B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
DE4307669		1993-03-11
DE4307669A DE4307669C2 (en)	1993-03-11	1993-03-11	Device for generating sound pulses for medical applications

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0614704A2 EP0614704A2 (en)	1994-09-14
EP0614704A3 true EP0614704A3 (en)	1994-10-19
EP0614704B1 EP0614704B1 (en)	1996-01-24

Family

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP94101427A Expired - Lifetime EP0614704B1 (en)	1993-03-11	1994-02-01	Sound pulse generating apparatus for medical applications

Country Status (4)

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US (1)	US5549110A (en)
EP (1)	EP0614704B1 (en)
JP (1)	JPH06292679A (en)
DE (2)	DE4307669C2 (en)

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US5585546A (en) *	1994-10-31	1996-12-17	Hewlett-Packard Company	Apparatus and methods for controlling sensitivity of transducers
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DE1094026B (en) *	1954-03-08	1960-12-01	Raytheon Mfg Co	Method and device for generating a short decaying vibration train for echo sounding

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JPH0759235B2 (en) *	1988-01-20	1995-06-28	株式会社東芝	Drive circuit for ultrasonic calculus breaking
DE8815090U1 (en) *	1988-12-03	1990-02-15	Dornier Medizintechnik GmbH, 8000 München	Piezoceramic shock wave source
DE3932959C1 (en) *	1989-10-03	1991-04-11	Richard Wolf Gmbh, 7134 Knittlingen, De
DE4000362C2 (en) *	1990-01-09	1993-11-11	Wolf Gmbh Richard	Ultrasonic transducer with piezoelectric transducer elements
US5410205A (en) *	1993-02-11	1995-04-25	Hewlett-Packard Company	Ultrasonic transducer having two or more resonance frequencies

1993
- 1993-03-11 DE DE4307669A patent/DE4307669C2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
1994
- 1994-02-01 EP EP94101427A patent/EP0614704B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1994-02-01 DE DE59400093T patent/DE59400093D1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1994-03-04 US US08/206,073 patent/US5549110A/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1994-03-09 JP JP6038314A patent/JPH06292679A/en active Pending

Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
DE1094026B (en) *	1954-03-08	1960-12-01	Raytheon Mfg Co	Method and device for generating a short decaying vibration train for echo sounding

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
DE4307669C2 (en)	1995-06-29
DE4307669A1 (en)	1994-09-15
DE59400093D1 (en)	1996-03-07
EP0614704A2 (en)	1994-09-14
JPH06292679A (en)	1994-10-21
US5549110A (en)	1996-08-27
EP0614704B1 (en)	1996-01-24

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