Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasonic probe
- Patent Title (中): 超声波探头
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Application No.: US13164160Application Date: 2011-06-20
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Publication No.: US09339255B2Publication Date: 2016-05-17
- Inventor: Shigeyoshi Hasegawa , Kazuyoshi Irioka , Jun Koizumi
- Applicant: Shigeyoshi Hasegawa , Kazuyoshi Irioka , Jun Koizumi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP
- Priority: JP2002-256984 20020902
- Main IPC: A61B8/00
- IPC: A61B8/00 ; A61B8/12 ; G10K11/00 ; G10K11/35

Abstract:
In an ultrasonic probe including an element part 1 for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves, a relay cable 2 connected to the element part 1 and an oscillation mechanism part for oscillating the element part, a cross section of the relay cable 2, which is taken perpendicularly to a rotation axis 3 of the oscillation that is provided to the element part 1 by the oscillation mechanism part, has at least two arc-shaped parts smoothly connected each other, more specifically, S-shape arc-shaped parts or reversed S-shaped parts. In addition, the relay cable 2 is drawn from the surface of the element part 1 facing the rotation axis 3. In this manner, the stress applied to the relay cable 2 during the oscillation of the element part 1 can be dispersed, thereby improving durability of the relay cable 2.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110245681A1 ULTRASONIC PROBE Public/Granted day:2011-10-06
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