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Ultrasound
Soundwave Research Laboratories is involved with acoustic devices in the subsonic, sonic (audio) and ultrasonic domains.
Ultrasound is the world of sound above the range of human hearing, in some cases very much above. The human ear has an upper hearing limit that rarely exceeds 20 KHz. Common ultrasound devices often operate at 20 MHz, (1000 times higher than a person can hear) and even up into the GHz range.
 We have many years of experience with medical ultrasound, and in particular, intravascular ultrasound (IVUS). IVUS is an established and successful imaging mode that is used to look deep into the arteries of the human heart to detect and measure blockages, so that drug eluting stents can be precisely implanted and studied in detail.
Our ultrasound mission is product oriented: All of our work in this area is geared toward commercial products. These innovative medical ultrasound devices may include transducers, catheters, tissue characterization hardware, and proprietary algorithms.
Co-founders Bob Crowley and Hugh Tripp have a long list of accomplishments in the ultrasound field. Bob's ultrasound group at Boston Scientific was responsible for the initial technical development of the world's first human-rated IVUS system, and he has continued his work in related areas such as Optical Coherence Tomography, tissue spectroscopy, in-vivo microscopy, and other ways to look at the human body and other materials.
Our laboratory is exploring new applications for in-vivo ultrasound with an emphasis on disease detection, drug activation, and therapy. The patent list below will give you some idea of the breadth of expertise we have in these areas. Please contact Bob@soundwaveresearch.com for further details.
Patents (partial list)
US Patents by Robert J Crowley
6847454 Systems and methods for processing signals from an interferometer by an ultrasound console
6749344 Connection apparatus for optical coherence tomography catheters
6700550 *Optical antenna array for harmonic generation, mixing, and signal amplification 3
6626940 Medical device activation system
6594471 *Radiative focal area antenna transmission coupling arrangement
6585655 Medical Imaging Device
6572553 Medical Imaging Device
6405073 Miniature Spectrometer System and Method
6394949 Large Area Thermal Ablation
6371915 One-Twelfth Wavelength Impedence Matching Transformer
6364840 Acoustic imaging catheter and the like #6
6364831 Endofluorescence imaging module for an endoscope 2
6324418 Portable tissue spectroscopy apparatus and method
6313762 *Keyboard with keys for moving cursor
6289229 Readable probe array for in vivo use
6258401 *Optical antenna array for harmonic generation, mixing and signal amplification 2
6238348 Miniature Spectrometer System and Method
6185443 Visible Display for an Interventional Device
6165127 Acoustic Imaging Catheter and the Like (#5)
6119031 Miniature spectrometer
6112106 *Antenna transmission coupling arrangement
6074349 Acoustic imaging and Doppler catheter and guidewires
6064343 *Antenna Coupling Arrangement
6038060 *Optical Antenna Array for harmonic generation, mixing and signal amplification
6052071 *Keyboard with keys for moving cursor
6004279 Medical guidewire
6004269 Catheters for imaging, sensing electrical potentials, and ablating tissue
5984861 Endofluorescence imaging module for an endoscope
5932035 Drive shaft for acoustic imaging catheters
5840031 Catheters for imaging, sensing electrical potentials, and ablating tissue
5742241 Flexible data entry panel
5715825 Acoustic imaging catheter and the like (#4)
5711014 *Antenna transmission coupling arrangement
5691716 *Keyboard with keys for moving cursor
5666112 *Key for flexible keyboard
5655537 Acoustic imaging and doppler catheters and guidewires
5648771 *Wrist rest bag for flexible keyboard
5642109 *Flexible inflatable multi-chamber signal generator
5630837 Acoustic ablation
5588432 Catheters for imaging
5546948 Ultrasound imaging guidewire
5544660 Acoustic imaging catheter and method of operation
5524630 Acoustic imaging catheter and the like (#3)
5493702 *Antenna transmission coupling arrangement
5464016 Medical acoustic imaging catheter and guidewire
5459461 *Inflatable keyboard
5454373 Medical acoustic imaging
5437282 Drive shaft for acoustic imaging catheters
5421338 Acoustic imaging catheter and the like (#2)
5368035 Ultrasound imaging guidewire
5131397 Imaging system for producing ultrasonic images
5002059 Tip filled ultrasound catheter
4951677 Acoustic imaging catheter and the like (#1)
Patents marked by an asterisk * are owned by AMBIT Corporation, a technology development and licensing firm co-founded by Robert J Crowley to invent and commercialize carbon nanotube antenna electronics, nanowires, cellular telephony systems, and human/machine interface devices. Certain patents listed may be owned by entities not connected with Soundwave Research Laboratories, Inc. |
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