Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasonic probe, ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and ultrasonic endoscopic apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 超声波探头,超声波诊断仪和超声内窥镜设备
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Application No.: US12434881Application Date: 2009-05-04
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Publication No.: US08216142B2Publication Date: 2012-07-10
- Inventor: Hiroaki Hyuga
- Applicant: Hiroaki Hyuga
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
- Current Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2008-130755 20080519
- Main IPC: A61B8/00
- IPC: A61B8/00

Abstract:
An ultrasonic probe in which a balance between basic performance and suppression of heat generation is achieved by suppressing heat generation of the ultrasonic probe without degrading sensitivity and relative bandwidth of the ultrasonic probe in transmission and reception of ultrasonic waves. The ultrasonic probe includes at least one vibrator for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves, the at least one vibrator including a piezoelectric material in which a piezoelectric strain constant d33 is equal to or less than 500 pm/V and a product of the piezoelectric strain constant d33 and a piezoelectric voltage constant g33 is equal to or more than 7000×10−15 m2/N, at least one acoustic matching layer provided on a first surface of the at least one vibrator, and a backing material provided on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the at least one vibrator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090287086A1 ULTRASONIC PROBE, ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC ENDOSCOPIC APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2009-11-19
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