US 12,433,569 B2
Ultrasound transducer assembly
Bhaskar S. Ramamurthy, Los Altos, CA (US); Daniel E. Need, Mountain View, CA (US); John D. Marshall, Los Gatos, CA (US); Jonathan B. Hofius, La Honda, CA (US); and Mallika S. Keralapura, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Cordance Medical Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Cordance Medical Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/874,166.
Application 17/874,166 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/015095, filed on Jan. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/966,348, filed on Jan. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0082109 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/4281 (2013.01) [A61B 8/0808 (2013.01); A61B 8/4209 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ultrasound transducer assembly connectable to an ultrasound system, the assembly comprising:
a mechanical substructure having an inner surface shaped to define a cavity for receiving a head of a subject;
one or more ultrasound transducer elements supported by the mechanical substructure; and
a fillable jacket detachably coupleable to the inner surface of the mechanical substructure to be in acoustic contact with the one or more transducer elements, the fillable jacket comprising:
a deformable receptacle for receiving acoustic transmission fluid in a chamber of the receptacle, such that, when the acoustic transmission fluid is introduced into the chamber, the deformable receptacle deforms to line the inner surface and to conform to the shape of a head of a subject.