IMPROVED ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS

Award Information

Agency: Department of Health and Human Services

Branch: N/A

Contract: N/A

Agency Tracking Number: 8116

Amount: $24,000.00

Phase: Phase I

Program: SBIR

Solicitation Topic Code: N/A

Solicitation Number: N/A

Timeline

Solicitation Year: N/A

Award Year: 1988

Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A

Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A

Small Business Information

Echo Ultrasound

Box 552

Lewistown, PA 17044

United States

DUNS: N/A

HUBZone Owned: No

Woman Owned: No

Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No

Principal Investigator

Phone: () -

Business Contact

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Research Institution

N/A

Abstract

THE GOAL OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO DEVELOP A TRANSDUCER FOR USEIN MEDICAL ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING WHICH HAS SUPERIOR BANDWIDTH AND SENSITIVITY TO TRANSDUCERS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. RESULTS ARE TO BE ACHIEVED BY DEVELOPING A GRADIENT IMPEDANCE MATCHING LAYER TO BE USED ON A 1-3 PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC POLYMER COMPOSITE. PHASE I WILL CONSIST OF MODELING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PROPOSED TRANSDUCER AND CONSTRUCTION OF PROTOTYPES. RESULTSWILL BE USED TO DEMONSTRATE THE POTENTIAL FOR SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE. PHASE II WILL CONSIST OF VERIFICATION OF REPEATABLE SUPERIORPERFORMANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF A COST EFFECTIVE MEANS OF PRODUCING A GRADIENT MATCHING LAYER. THIS WILL LEAD DIRECTLY TO COMMERCIALIZATION OF THE TRANSDUCER.

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