Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasonic probe and method of fabrication thereof
- Patent Title (中): 超声波探头及其制造方法
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Application No.: US11973819Application Date: 2007-10-10
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Publication No.: US08189850B2Publication Date: 2012-05-29
- Inventor: Akihiko Ono
- Applicant: Akihiko Ono
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
- Agent Scott D. Wofsy
- Priority: JP2006-279452 20061013
- Main IPC: H04R25/00
- IPC: H04R25/00 ; H04R31/00

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method of fabricating a convex type of ultrasonic probe in which a plurality of piezoelectric elements are arrayed on a backing material in an arc shape in a long axis thereof, an acoustic adjustment layer is provided on top of the piezoelectric element and resin is molded on two side surfaces along the long-axis direction, and an acoustic lens is attached over the acoustic adjustment layer with a chemical-resistant film therebetween, wherein the acoustic lens is attached after the chemical-resistant film has been affixed to cover the surface of the acoustic adjustment layer and at least two edge surfaces of the acoustic adjustment layer, the piezoelectric elements, and the backing material that are exposed in the long-axis direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080089538A1 Ultrasonic probe and method of fabrication thereof Public/Granted day:2008-04-17
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