Patent ID: 11896426
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 15:
16. The method of claim 15, further comprising the steps of
generating a second axial ultrasound signal from the transducer towards and into the bony member wherein portions of the second axial ultrasound signal travel along the longitudinal axis of the bony member in a second axial direction;
receiving first and second portions of the second axial ultrasound signal at a second pair of acoustic elements of the transducer after the first and second portions of the second axial ultrasound signal have exited the bony member and generating a second pair of axial output signals in response;
wherein processing the first pair of axial output signals includes processing the first and second pairs of axial output signals to obtain the axial transmission time delay.