Device for examining viscoelasticity of a living or artificial tissue
CA 2242984 A1 · Owner: Gorodetsky, Raphael · Inventors: Polyansky, Igor; Vexler, Akiva; Gorodetsky, Raphael
Overview
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A probe for examining viscoelasticity and anisotropy of an area of an external layer of a living or artificial tissue, comprises an assembly including at least one group of piezoelectric spaced-apart transducers each having a surface, contact making edge wherein one of said transducers operates as a transmitter and at least one other transducer operates as a receiver, and wherein said assembly is movable both axially, as well as angulary; means for effecting the controlled axial movement of said assembly; means for controlling the contact pressure to be exerted by the transducers on the surface of an area of a tissue to be examined, and means for effecting angular movement of said assembly …
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- Filed July 14, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 14, 2018.
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