Inventors:
Alan Broadwin - Brooklyn NY
Leonard M. Emery - West Haven CT
Assignee:
Valleylab, Inc. - Boulder CO
International Classification:
A61M 100
Abstract:
A magnetostrictive transducer comprising a plurality of elongated strips of magnetostrictive material, each strip having a proximal end, a distal end and a substantially V-shaped cross section wherein each arm of the V is formed by a longitudinal length of the strip, each strip being attached to an adjacent strip at both the proximal end and the distal end to form and integral substantially rigid column having a central axis with fins extending radially relative to said axis; and an ultrasonic resonant vibrator including such a transducer.