Patent ID: 11877889
Assignee: SUNNYBROOK HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B  G | IPC A  B  G

Claim 0:
1. An imaging probe comprising:
a longitudinal body;
a first ultrasonic transducer provided within said longitudinal body, wherein said first ultrasonic transducer is located remote from a proximal end of said longitudinal body, and wherein said first ultrasonic transducer is configured to deliver a first ultrasonic imaging beam outside of said longitudinal body and to receive reflected ultrasonic imaging energy;
a second ultrasonic transducer housed within said longitudinal body, wherein said second ultrasonic transducer is configured to deliver a second ultrasonic imaging beam outside of said longitudinal body and to receive reflected ultrasonic imaging energy; and
a first electrical path and a second electrical path extending through said longitudinal body, said first electrical path and said second electrical path defining a common electrical channel;
wherein said first ultrasonic transducer and said second ultrasonic transducer are each connected to said first electrical path and said second electrical path, and wherein said first electrical path and said second electrical path are electrically connectable to an image processing system; and
wherein said first ultrasonic transducer and said second ultrasonic transducer each exhibit substantially non-overlapping spectral bandwidths that are suitable for pulse-echo imaging; and
wherein a conductive region on said first ultrasonic transducer is directly in contact with a conductive region on said second ultrasonic transducer.