Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasonic probe
- Patent Title (中): 超声波探头
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Application No.: US11662791Application Date: 2005-09-13
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Publication No.: US07692364B2Publication Date: 2010-04-06
- Inventor: Yukihiko Sawada , Akiko Mizunuma , Katsuhiro Wakabayashi , Takuya Imahashi , Sunao Sato
- Applicant: Yukihiko Sawada , Akiko Mizunuma , Katsuhiro Wakabayashi , Takuya Imahashi , Sunao Sato
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corporation,Olympus Corporation
- Current Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corporation,Olympus Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo JP Tokyo
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Priority: JP2004-270380 20040916; JP2005-022261 20050128; JP2005-025301 20050201
- International Application: PCT/JP2005/016855 WO 20050913
- International Announcement: WO2006/030793 WO 20060323
- Main IPC: A61B8/00
- IPC: A61B8/00

Abstract:
An electronic radial ultrasonic probe comprising an electronic radial array which comprises a plurality of ultrasonic transducers being continuously arrayed circularly around an insertion axis as center and also for which a transmission/reception of an ultrasonic wave is controlled by electronically selecting the plurality of ultrasonic transducer, comprises: a support member equipped on the electronic radial array; a lock member featured with a cavity in which the support member is inserted and with a lock groove for locking a balloon which is mounted in a manner to cover the electronic radial array and in which an ultrasonic medium is filled; and a filler member which is constituted by an adhesive material converting from a fluid state to a solid state, and is filled in the cavity.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070287920A1 Ultrasonic Probe Public/Granted day:2007-12-13
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