Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasound probe and method of producing the same
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Application No.: US14452659Application Date: 2014-08-06
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Publication No.: US09733220B2Publication Date: 2017-08-15
- Inventor: Takatsugu Wada , Atsushi Osawa , Katsuya Yamamoto
- 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: JP2012-023924 20120207; JP2012-244343 20121106
- Main IPC: G01N29/07
- IPC: G01N29/07 ; G01N29/24 ; B06B1/06 ; A61B8/00 ; G01N29/06 ; H01L41/25 ; A61B5/00

Abstract:
An ultrasound probe comprises: a backing material; a plurality of inorganic piezoelectric elements arranged on a top surface of the backing material; a first acoustic matching layer separated into a plurality of pieces disposed on the plurality of inorganic piezoelectric elements; and a second acoustic matching layer separated into a plurality of pieces disposed on the first acoustic matching layer, wherein the second acoustic matching layer comprises an upper organic layer constituting a plurality of organic piezoelectric elements, and a lower organic layer for performing, together with the upper organic layer, acoustic matching for the plurality of inorganic piezoelectric elements.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140338455A1 ULTRASOUND PROBE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2014-11-20
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