Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Photoacoustic measurement apparatus and probe for photoacoustic measurement apparatus
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Application No.: US14643346Application Date: 2015-03-10
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Publication No.: US10342435B2Publication Date: 2019-07-09
- Inventor: Kaku Irisawa , Takeya Abe
- Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
- Current Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: JP2012-216126 20120928
- Main IPC: A61B5/00
- IPC: A61B5/00 ; A61B8/00 ; A61B8/12 ; G01N29/24 ; G01N21/17

Abstract:
The light irradiation range of a probe for a photoacoustic measurement apparatus is increased. The probe for a photoacoustic measurement apparatus includes a light transmission unit that irradiates a subject with light, and a photoacoustic wave detector 52 that detects a photoacoustic wave generated from the subject. The light transmission unit includes light propagation part 51 for propagating light, and a light transmission member 55. Further, the light transmission member 55 includes an inner peripheral surface 55a that is formed in the shape of a curved concave surface and an outer peripheral surface 55b that has a radius of curvature larger than the radius of curvature of the inner peripheral surface 55a and is formed in the shape of a curved convex surface. The outer peripheral surface 55b is disposed so that the light L emitted from the light propagation part 51 is incident on the inner peripheral surface 55a.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150173626A1 PHOTOACOUSTIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND PROBE FOR PHOTOACOUSTIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2015-06-25
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