US 11,906,484 B2
System and method for determining structural characteristics of an object
James C. Earthman, Irvine, CA (US); Cherilyn G. Sheets, Newport Beach, CA (US); John Michael Elam, Woodland Hills, CA (US); and Robert Hayman, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to PERIMETRICS, INC., Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by PERIMETRICS, INC., Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Sep. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/952,539.
Application 17/952,539 is a continuation of application No. 16/475,101, granted, now 11,493,415, previously published as PCT/US2017/069164, filed on Dec. 30, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/441,085, filed on Dec. 30, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0017877 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. G01N 3/30 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61C 17/22 (2006.01); A61C 19/04 (2006.01); G06F 1/3203 (2019.01); A61B 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC G01N 3/30 (2013.01) [A61B 5/4547 (2013.01); A61C 17/224 (2013.01); A61C 19/04 (2013.01); G06F 1/3203 (2013.01); A61B 5/0051 (2013.01); A61B 5/0057 (2013.01); A61B 5/1111 (2013.01); A61B 5/6843 (2013.01); A61B 9/00 (2013.01); A61B 90/06 (2016.02); A61B 2560/0418 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0425 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0233 (2013.01); G01N 2203/0083 (2013.01); G01N 2203/0676 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A disposable assembly for use on a device for determining structural characteristics of an object, comprising:
a sleeve portion having a hollow interior, said hollow interior being adapted to surround at least a length of a housing of said device and protruding from the housing for a distance substantially coextensive an energy application tool of said device, with an object contacting portion at a front end adapted for resting, contacting or pressing against at least a portion of said object with at least a portion of said object contacting portion and a rear end having disposed thereon a sleeve mount feature adapted for mounting said disposable assembly to a front end of said device, wherein said sleeve portion is adapted for sliding toward said housing of said device in response to a contact force from contact with said object contacting portion to produce a physically perceivable feedback to an operator of said device; and
a contact feature having a substantially closed front end for substantially closing off the open front of the sleeve portion to minimize direct contact between said energy application tool and said object during measurement.