Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasound probe and ultrasound endoscope
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Application No.: US16248956Application Date: 2019-01-16
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Publication No.: US11241217B2Publication Date: 2022-02-08
- Inventor: Sunao Sato
- Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Priority: JPJP2016-141615 20160719
- Main IPC: A61B8/00
- IPC: A61B8/00 ; A61B8/12 ; A61B8/14

Abstract:
An ultrasound probe includes: a casing; a plurality of piezoelectric devices that are arranged inside the casing; an acoustic matching layer that is attached to ultrasound radiation surfaces of the piezoelectric devices; a shared ground that is arranged on a surface of the acoustic matching layer to allow at least a part of the shared ground to come in contact with the piezoelectric devices; a deformation preventing member that is arranged in contact with the surface of the acoustic matching layer to surround an outer periphery of the piezoelectric devices and to be separated from the piezoelectric devices; a coaxial line configured to transmit a signal to each of the piezoelectric devices; and a circuit board that is arranged on an opposite side to the ultrasound radiation surfaces of the piezoelectric devices, the circuit board being configured to electrically connect the piezoelectric devices and the coaxial line.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190142376A1 ULTRASOUND PROBE AND ULTRASOUND ENDOSCOPE Public/Granted day:2019-05-16
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