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- Patent Title: Ultrasound endoscope and ultrasound transducer with self-repairing acoustic lens
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Application No.: US16938400Application Date: 2020-07-24
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Publication No.: US11406359B2Publication Date: 2022-08-09
- Inventor: Satoshi Yoshida
- Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Priority: JPJP2018-017357 20180202
- Main IPC: A61B8/00
- IPC: A61B8/00 ; B06B1/06 ; B06B3/00 ; G01S7/52 ; A61B8/12

Abstract:
An ultrasound transducer includes: a plurality of piezoelectric devices, each of the plurality of piezoelectric devices being configured to emit an ultrasonic wave according to an electrical signal input thereto, and convert an incident ultrasonic wave from an outside into an electrical signal; and an outer surface in which a material of a scanning surface transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic wave is constituted of a self-repairing material.
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