Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hood for ultrasonic endoscope and ultrasonic endoscope
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Application No.: US14854740Application Date: 2015-09-15
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Publication No.: US10398288B2Publication Date: 2019-09-03
- Inventor: Yasuhiko Morimoto
- 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: JP2014-187816 20140916
- Main IPC: A61B1/00
- IPC: A61B1/00 ; A61B8/00 ; A61B8/12 ; A61B1/018

Abstract:
The present invention provides a hood for an ultrasonic endoscope and an ultrasonic endoscope that prevent a body wall from getting into close contact with an observation window at a time such as when an ultrasonic transducer is brought into close contact with the body wall. In a hood for an ultrasonic endoscope to be attached to the ultrasonic endoscope, a notch is formed at a front edge of the hood, and a front edge corner at an observation window side along the notch is provided as an eaves-shaped part. The eaves-shaped part protrudes in front of the observation window, and when an ultrasonic transducer is brought into close contact with the body wall, the eaves-shaped part lies between the body wall and the observation window, thereby preventing the body wall from getting into close contact with the observation window.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160073860A1 HOOD FOR ULTRASONIC ENDOSCOPE AND ULTRASONIC ENDOSCOPE Public/Granted day:2016-03-17
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