Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Acoustic window layer for an ultrasound array
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Application No.: US15774611Application Date: 2016-11-10
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Publication No.: US10736606B2Publication Date: 2020-08-11
- Inventor: Pawel Michalski , Franciscus Johannes Gerardus Hakkens , Edward Theodorus Maria Berben , Kevin Grayson Wickline , Lucas Johannes Anna Maria Beckers , Peter Dirksen
- Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
- Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@7f469744
- International Application: PCT/EP2016/077244 WO 20161110
- International Announcement: WO2017/081138 WO 20170518
- Main IPC: A61B8/00
- IPC: A61B8/00 ; G01S15/89 ; B06B1/02 ; G10K11/00 ; A61L31/04 ; G01S7/52

Abstract:
An acoustic window layer for an ultrasound array, which layer has an inner surface arranged to face the array and an outer surface arranged to face a patient, and comprising an outer layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer selected from a polyolefin family (TPO) and an elastomer selected from the polyolefin family (POE) blended therein, wherein the outer layer located at the outer surface of the acoustic window layer. In a preferred embodiment the blend comprises a copolymer of ethylene-octene and polymethylpentene. The thermoplastic polyolefin provides the blend with mechanical, chemical stability and low acoustic wave attenuation; whilst the polyolefin elastomer provides a possibility to tune the acoustic impedance of the blend and to further improve its acoustic wave propagation properties.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180333136A1 AN ACOUSTIC WINDOW LAYER FOR AN ULTRASOUND ARRAY Public/Granted day:2018-11-22
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