Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Knee acoustic matching device for ultrasonic probe
- Patent Title (中): 用于超声波探头的膝盖声匹配装置
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Application No.: US13055415Application Date: 2009-07-17
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Publication No.: US08522617B2Publication Date: 2013-09-03
- Inventor: Kozo Nakamura , Isao Onishi , Satoru Ohashi , Eiichi Minagawa , Koji Hirota , Ryoichi Sakai , Koji Ogawa , Koichi Miyasaka , Masaru Murashita
- Applicant: Kozo Nakamura , Isao Onishi , Satoru Ohashi , Eiichi Minagawa , Koji Hirota , Ryoichi Sakai , Koji Ogawa , Koichi Miyasaka , Masaru Murashita
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo JP Tokyo
- Assignee: The University of Tokyo,Hitachi Aloka Medical, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: The University of Tokyo,Hitachi Aloka Medical, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo JP Tokyo
- Agency: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP
- Priority: JP2008-188727 20080722
- International Application: PCT/JP2009/062997 WO 20090717
- International Announcement: WO2010/010856 WO 20100128
- Main IPC: G01N29/00
- IPC: G01N29/00

Abstract:
An acoustic matching device has a water bag (64) that contains water and a water bag support frame (66) that sandwiches and supports the water bag on the left and right sides of the knee and curves along the knee cap. The water bag becomes a plate shape curved along the shape of the water bag support frame, which touches the knee cap and fits the unevenness of the knee. When an ultrasonic probe is moved along the knee cap, the acoustic matching between the knee cap and the ultrasonic probe is obtained.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110126629A1 KNEE ACOUSTIC MATCHING DEVICE FOR ULTRASONIC PROBE Public/Granted day:2011-06-02
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