US 11,806,113 B1
Thermoacoustic probe
Idan Steinberg, Superior Charter Township, MI (US); and Michael M. Thornton, London (CA)
Filed by ENDRA Life Sciences Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Filed on Jul. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/222,363.
Application 18/222,363 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/865,034, filed on Jul. 14, 2022, granted, now 11,730,374.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/468,855, filed on May 25, 2023.
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/0093 (2013.01) [A61B 5/4244 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thermoacoustic probe for a thermoacoustic imaging system, the probe comprising:
a radio-frequency (RF) applicator having an insert, wherein the applicator is configured to transmit at least one radio frequency source;
an electromagnetic matching layer coupled to the insert of the RF applicator;
an optical transducer that is coupled to the electromagnetic matching layer; and
an acoustic matching layer that is coupled to the optical transducer.