Patent ID: 7833161

Claim:
An ultrasound based diagnostic device for the analysis of bone conditions in human oscalcis comprising: at least two ultrasonic transducers provided at opposite ends of a movable assembly in the main body; a set of replaceable and disposable gel pads connected to the transducer assembly; a removable foot pad coupled to the transducer assembly; a computer processor; and a signal processing and acquisition circuit; wherein the two ultrasonic transducers are also operated as transmitter and reflector or as transceiver in different operating modes to provide ultrasonic signals to the signal processing and acquisition circuit to calculate four different diagnostic parameters from the received ultrasonic signals from the heel of a subject placed between the transducers against the gel pads, and wherein the device utilizes the diagnostic parameters to calculate thickness of squish of the gel pads and tissue thickness of the heel and the calculated information is provided to the computer processor to determine bone mineral density and bone characteristics of the human.