Patent ID: 6669636
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: B06B,G10K

Abstract:
An ultrasound transceiver system comprisinga vessel having a wall and containing or conducting a fluid; an ultrasound waveguide having an end; a jacket surrounding said ultrasound waveguide, said jacket having a defined area facing away from said end of the ultrasound waveguide; an ultrasound transducer located at said one end of the ultrasound waveguide so that the ultrasound transducer can transfer ultrasound waves to, and receive them from, the ultrasound waveguide; an impedance step between the ultrasound transducer and said defined area of the jacket, said impedance step being constituted by a circumferential groove that extends through the entire thickness of the jacket, and mounting means for at a location on the jacket between the groove and said defined area of the jacket for mounting the jacket to said vessel wall.