Invention Grant
- Patent Title: High frequency ultrasound transducer and method for manufacture
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Application No.: US15359593Application Date: 2016-11-22
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Publication No.: US10531860B2Publication Date: 2020-01-14
- Inventor: Nicholas Christopher Chaggares , Oleg Ivanytskyy , Guofeng Pang , Robert J. Kolaja
- Applicant: FUJIFILM Sonosite, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Bothell
- Assignee: Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Bothell
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Main IPC: A61B8/00
- IPC: A61B8/00

Abstract:
An ultrasound transducer has an array of transducer elements that are electrically coupled to electrical conductors. In one embodiment, the conductors are included in a flex circuit and engage a conductive surface formed on a number of outwardly extending ribs on a frame that holds the ultrasound array. In one embodiment, the flex circuit includes an alignment feature that engages a corresponding registration feature on the frame so that the traces on the flex circuit align with the ribs on the frame.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170144192A1 HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE Public/Granted day:2017-05-25
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