Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasonic probe
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Application No.: US14438795Application Date: 2013-10-30
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Publication No.: US09612227B2Publication Date: 2017-04-04
- Inventor: Takeo Yasuhara , Hidetsugu Katsura , Toru Watanabe
- Applicant: HITACHI ALOKA MEDICAL, LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP
- Priority: JP2012-240497 20121031; JP2013-043106 20130305
- International Application: PCT/JP2013/079350 WO 20131030
- International Announcement: WO2014/069501 WO 20140508
- Main IPC: G01N29/24
- IPC: G01N29/24 ; A61B8/12 ; A61B18/04 ; A61N7/00 ; G01N29/32 ; A61B8/00

Abstract:
A probe that is inserted into a body cavity, wherein an inner unit (inner assembly) comprises an oscillator unit, an intermediate substrate, an electronic circuit substrate, and a backing member. An exhaust heat sheet is joined to an area at the perimeter of the rear surface of the electronic circuit substrate. The exhaust heat sheet comprises a main body part and a plurality of wings that extend to the outside from the main body part. The plurality of wings include a right wing and a left wing. The wings are inserted into two slits formed in a probe head case (heat radiating shell), and the end parts of the wings are accommodated in and adhered to two recessed sections formed in the outer surface of the probe head case. Thus, heat generated inside the probe head case can be directly transferred to the outer surface of the probe head case.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150276685A1 ULTRASONIC PROBE Public/Granted day:2015-10-01
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