US 12,465,947 B2
Ultrasonic imaging and energy delivery device and method
Sean Taffler, Pacific Palisades, CA (US); and Paul Reynolds, Renton, WA (US)
Assigned to ACOUSTIIC INC., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed by ACOUSTIIC INC., Pacific Palisades, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/135,430.
Application 18/135,430 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/362,386, filed on Jun. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,628,471.
Application 17/362,386 is a continuation of application No. 16/104,786, filed on Aug. 17, 2018, granted, now 11,065,643, issued on Jul. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0249220 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B06B 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC B06B 1/0215 (2013.01) [B06B 1/0269 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ultrasonic device comprising:
a driving circuit to provide drive power;
a first transducer array to generate ultrasonic waves toward a target, the first transducer array being connected to receive power from the driving circuit; and
a second transducer array to detect reflected or elicited ultrasonic waves traveling toward the ultrasonic device from the target, and to generate a signal based on the detected ultrasonic waves, the second transducer array being acoustically transmissive and disposed over the first transducer array such that the generated ultrasonic waves pass through the second transducer array, wherein transducer elements that form the second transducer array are arranged in a repeating pattern comprising n transducer elements of the second transducer array disposed substantially over a single transducer element of transducer elements that form the first transducer array, wherein n is greater than 2.