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Ultrasound probe

An ultrasonic and sensor array technology used in the field of ultrasonic probes

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-04-18
FUJIFILM CORP
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[0009] The object of the present invention is to provide an ultrasonic probe which solves these existing problems and makes it possible to make ultrasonic diagnosis while holding the probe in a stable posture

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Embodiment 1

[0025] figure 1 The ultrasonic probe 1 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention is shown. The ultrasonic probe 1 includes: a housing 2 including a sensor array 3; a signal processing board 4, a wireless communication board 5, and a battery 6.

[0026] The housing 2 has a sensor array compartment 7 at one end 2a thereof, in which the sensor array 3 is installed. The sensor array 3 includes an ultrasonic transmitting / receiving surface 3a facing the outside from one end 2a of the housing 2. The other end 2b of the housing 2 has a protrusion 8 protruding in a given direction D, which is perpendicular to the center line C where the sensor array 3 is arranged. A battery 6 is installed in the protrusion 8.

[0027] In addition, the housing 2 includes a handle 9 located between the sensor array compartment 7 and the protrusion 8. Such as figure 2 with 3 As shown, the operator is provided with a handle 9 to hold the housing 2 in a given direction D protruding from the protrusi...

Embodiment 2

[0060] Figure 5 An ultrasonic probe 41 according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention is shown. The ultrasonic probe 41 uses a housing 42 instead of the housing 2 in the ultrasonic probe 1 of the first embodiment. The overall shape of the housing 42 is similar to that of the housing 2 except that the former is divided into a first housing 43 including the sensor array compartment 7 and the handle 9 and a second housing 44 including the protrusion 8. The second housing 44 is provided so as to be rotatable relative to the first housing 43 in a plane P substantially parallel to the ultrasonic transmitting / receiving surface 3a of the sensor array 3 around the center line C of the sensor array 3.

[0061] Such as Figure 5 As shown, a part of the signal processing board 4 is located in the second housing 44, but even when the second housing 44 rotates relative to the first housing 43, the signal processing board 4 does not rotate with the second housing 44 because the signal proc...

Embodiment 3

[0069] Image 6 with 7 An ultrasonic probe 51 according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention is shown. Similar to the housing 42 of Embodiment 2, the housing 52 for the ultrasonic probe 51 includes a first housing 53 and a second housing 54, and the second housing 54 is provided so as to be substantially compatible with the ultrasonic transmitting / receiving surface of the sensor array 3 3a rotates relative to the first housing 53 in the plane P parallel to the 3a.

[0070] The first housing 53 includes: a sensor array compartment 55 in which the sensor array 3 is installed; and a handle 56 located on the sensor array compartment 55 and connected and fixed to the sensor array compartment 55.

[0071] In the handle 56, the signal processing board 4 is placed on the sensor array 3 next to the sensor array 3, and the wireless communication board 5 is placed on the signal processing board 4. The signal processing board 4 and the wireless communication board 5 are generally located ...

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Abstract

An ultrasound probe comprises: a transducer array having an ultrasound transmission / reception surface; a processing circuit mounted on a signal processing board for processing an ultrasonic echo from a subject received with the transducer array to produce a reception signal; a housing including a transducer array compartment for housing the transducer array at one end and the signal processing board near the transducer array, the housing including a projection at another end projecting in a given direction perpendicular to a center line of an arrangement of the transducer array and a grip between the projection and the transducer array compartment for holding from the given direction, a center of gravity lying in a position away from the center line of the arrangement of the transducer array in the given direction when the ultrasound transmission / reception surface of the transducer array is in a horizontal posture.

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Technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an ultrasonic probe, and in particular to the improvement of the stability of the operation of the probe. Background technique [0002] Traditionally, ultrasound diagnostic devices using ultrasound images have been put into the medical field. Generally speaking, this type of ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes: an ultrasonic probe with a built-in transducer array and an apparatus main body connected to the ultrasonic probe. The ultrasonic probe transmits ultrasonic waves to the object, receives ultrasonic echoes from the object, and the main body of the device performs electrical processing on the received signals to generate ultrasonic images. [0003] Using this ultrasonic diagnostic device, the ultrasonic probe is held with one hand, and the ultrasonic transmitting / receiving surface of the sensor array is placed in contact with the surface of the object to make a diagnosis. In order to obtain highly accurate ultrasou...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A61B8/00
CPCA61B8/14A61B8/42A61B8/4455A61B8/4472A61B8/56
Inventor 山本胜也
Owner FUJIFILM CORP