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Article: Patent No. 7,597,664 Issued on Oct. 6, Assigned to Siemens Medical Solutions for Measuring Transducer Movement Method (Washington, Ohio Inventors)
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- October 9, 2009
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 9 -- Paul D. Freiburger and Christian Deforge, both of Seattle, Paul H. Jones of Mercer Island, Wash., Craig B. Robinson of Redmond, Wash., and Stephen P. Czenszak of Willoughby, Ohio, have developed a measuring transducer movement method. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. 7,597,664 on Oct. 6.
The patent has been assigned to Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc., Malvern, Pa.
According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for measuring transducer movement are provided. For example, free-hand scanning for three-dimensional imaging is provided. An optical sensor within the transducer measures motion along the skin ...