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Stephen W. Smith
Also filed as: SMITH STEPHEN W · SMITH STEPHEN WILLIAMS
34 granted patents·7 pending applications·2,884 citations·filing 1980–2012
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41 records- 0198US5548564AMulti-layer composite ultrasonic transducer arraysUNIV DUKE·Filed 1994·Granted Aug 20, 1996·149 cites·25 claims
- 0296US6401883B1Vehicle suspension strut having a continuous position sensorMTS SYSTEM CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 11, 2002·113 cites·9 claims
- 0396US5952823AMagnetostrictive linear displacement transducer for a shock absorberMTS SYSTEM CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 14, 1999·197 cites·25 claims
- 0496US4694434AThree-dimensional imaging systemVON RAMM OLAF T·Filed 1984·Granted Sep 15, 1987·143 cites·10 claims
- 0595US5744898AUltrasound transducer array with transmitter/receiver integrated circuitryUNIV DUKE·Filed 1996·Granted Apr 28, 1998·385 cites·44 claims
- 0695US4331021AContrast resolution tissue equivalent ultrasound test objectUS HEALTH·Filed 1980·Granted May 25, 1982·96 cites·8 claims
- 0794US6066096AImaging probes and catheters for volumetric intraluminal ultrasound imaging and related systemsUNIV DUKE·Filed 1998·Granted May 23, 2000·281 cites·40 claims
- 0894US5311095AUltrasonic transducer arrayUNIV DUKE·Filed 1992·Granted May 10, 1994·156 cites·15 claims
- 0993US5329496ATwo-dimensional array ultrasonic transducersUNIV DUKE·Filed 1992·Granted Jul 12, 1994·135 cites·20 claims
- 1090US5605154ATwo-dimensional phase correction using a deformable ultrasonic transducer arrayUNIV DUKE·Filed 1995·Granted Feb 25, 1997·223 cites·26 claims
- 1188USD362240SComputer interface deviceILLINOIS TOOL WORKS·Filed 1994·Granted Sep 12, 1995·40 cites·1 claims
- 1288US4596145AAcoustic orthoscopic imaging systemSMITH STEPHEN W·Filed 1983·Granted Jun 24, 1986·49 cites·12 claims
- 1385US6572551B1Imaging catheters for volumetric intraluminal ultrasound imagingUNIV DUKE·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 3, 2003·157 cites·18 claims
- 1484US5331964AUltrasonic phased array imaging system with high speed adaptive processing using selected elementsUNIV DUKE·Filed 1993·Granted Jul 26, 1994·103 cites·25 claims
- 1581US4817015AHigh speed texture discriminator for ultrasonic imagingUS SEC THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SE·Filed 1985·Granted Mar 28, 1989·59 cites·20 claims
- 1680US8184351B2Amplified bimorph scanning mirror, optical system and method of scanningMILLS PATRICK·Filed 2009·Granted May 22, 2012·12 cites·17 claims
- 1780US7573627B2Amplified bimorph scanning mirror, optical system and method of scanningUNIV GEORGE WASHINGTON·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 11, 2009·10 cites·21 claims
- 1880US6276211B1Methods and systems for selective processing of transmit ultrasound beams to display views of selected slices of a volumeUNIV DUKE·Filed 1999·Granted Aug 21, 2001·89 cites·30 claims
- 1979US4949310AMaltese cross processor: a high speed compound acoustic imaging systemUNIV DUKE·Filed 1988·Granted Aug 14, 1990·41 cites·12 claims
- 2078US5736855ALocal buffer circuit for sonic waveguidesFiled 1995·Granted Apr 7, 1998·52 cites·30 claims
- 2177US4894013AAnthropomorphic cardiac ultrasound phantomUS HEALTH·Filed 1988·Granted Jan 16, 1990·48 cites·7 claims
- 2275US6849910B2Systems and methods for improving the performance of sensing devices using oscillatory devicesFiled 2003·Granted Feb 1, 2005·21 cites·3 claims
- 2375US4852577AHigh speed adaptive ultrasonic phased array imaging systemUS HEALTH·Filed 1988·Granted Aug 1, 1989·119 cites·20 claims
- 2468USD358395SModemILLINOIS TOOL WORKS·Filed 1993·Granted May 16, 1995·14 cites·1 claims
- 2567US6530888B2Imaging probes and catheters for volumetric intraluminal ultrasound imagingUNIV DUKE·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 11, 2003·37 cites·11 claims
- 2663US8400697B2Scanner apparatus having electromagnetic radiation devices coupled to MEMS actuatorsSMITH STEPHEN W·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 19, 2013·2 cites·15 claims
- 2762US6641534B2Methods and devices for ultrasound scanning by moving sub-apertures of cylindrical ultrasound transducer arrays in two dimensionsUNIV DUKE·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 4, 2003·23 cites·22 claims
- 2856US4982339AHigh speed texture discriminator for ultrasonic imagingUS ARMY·Filed 1989·Granted Jan 1, 1991·53 cites·20 claims
- 2954US5419329AOptoelectronic transmitters for medical ultrasound transducersUNIV DUKE·Filed 1994·Granted May 30, 1995·28 cites·34 claims
- 3049US7706039B2Scanner apparatus having electromagnetic radiation devices coupled to MEMS actuatorsUNIV DUKE·Filed 2008·Granted Apr 27, 2010·0 cites·17 claims
- 3149US7420724B2Scanner apparatus having electromagnetic radiation devices coupled to MEMS actuatorsUNIV DUKE·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 2, 2008·4 cites·26 claims
- 3249US4974461AAnthropomorphic cardiac ultrasound phantomUS HEALTH·Filed 1989·Granted Dec 4, 1990·38 cites·6 claims
- 3349US2013063801A1Scanner apparatus having electromagnetic radiation devices coupled to mems actuatorsSMITH STEPHEN W·Filed 2012·Application pending·0 cites
- 3448US2011077966A1Allergy electronic medical record system and methodAUGUSTA E N T P C·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
- 3545US8816856B2Medical instrument cleaning system and methodWHITEHOUSE ALAN B·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 26, 2014·2 cites·19 claims
- 3644US2005215899A1Methods, systems, and computer program products for acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) imaging of ablated tissueTRAHEY GREGG E·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 3737US7329225B2Methods, devices, systems and computer program products for oscillating shafts using real time 3D ultrasoundUNIV DUKE·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 12, 2008·5 cites·31 claims
- 3837US2009287223A1Real-time 3-d ultrasound guidance of surgical roboticsPUA ERIC·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 3936US2003222341A1Systems and methods for cooling microelectronic devices using oscillatory devicesFiled 2003·Application pending·0 cites
- 4034US2005113693A1Kits including 3-D ultrasound imaging catheters, connectable deployable tools, and deployment devices for use in deployment of such toolsFiled 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 4133US2011074585A1Patient tracking systemAUGUSTA E N T P C·Filed 2010·Application pending·0 cites
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