Ultrasonic Probe Housing Guide for Optimal Contact Angle Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing ultrasonic wave probes struggle to position themselves optimally with respect to internal tissues within a living body, leading to inefficient transmission and reception of ultrasonic waves due to non-parallel surfaces between the body surface and tissue boundaries.
Innovation Solution
The ultrasonic wave probe is equipped with a housing that includes a guide indicating the optimal contact angle of the ultrasonic wave transmitter and receiver corresponding to specific measurement sites inside the living body, allowing for precise alignment and improved transmission and reception efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If the probe section is positioned at a predetermined part of the living body using a positioning member, then the probe can be arranged at the same position for repeated inspection, but the probe cannot transmit ultrasonic waves at an appropriate angle with respect to the tissue inside the living body
Solution Approach 1:
The patent adds angular orientation guidance to the existing positioning system. The guide on the housing provides directional information in addition to positional information, enabling the probe to be correctly oriented relative to the tissue boundary. This transforms the positioning from a two-dimensional surface location to a three-dimensional orientation including angle, resolving the contradiction between positional accuracy and transmission efficiency.
2Ease of operation
If the probe is positioned based on surface landmarks such as the navel, then the positioning is simple and reproducible, but the surface of the living body and the boundary of the tissue are not necessarily parallel leading to inefficient ultrasonic reception
Solution Approach 1:
The guide on the housing acts as an intermediary between the probe operator and the tissue boundary orientation. Instead of requiring the operator to directly judge the complex three-dimensional relationship between surface landmarks and internal tissue boundaries, the guide provides a simplified visual reference that mediates this relationship, making it easy to achieve correct angular alignment while maintaining positioning simplicity.
3Reliability
If the probe is held at various angles to accommodate different tissue boundaries, then ultrasonic transmission efficiency improves, but the positioning reproducibility and measurement consistency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent standardizes the angular orientation parameter by providing specific guide patterns (such as lines or markings) on the housing that indicate the correct angle. This transforms the variable angular parameter into a controlled, repeatable setting, allowing the probe to be consistently positioned at the optimal angle for each measurement site, thereby maintaining both transmission efficiency and measurement consistency.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This configuration enables the ultrasonic wave probe to achieve higher transmission and reception efficiency by aligning the probe at optimal angles relative to the measurement site, enhancing the accuracy of ultrasonic measurements within the living body.
Implementation Method 1
an ultrasonic wave transmitter and receiver that transmits ultrasonic waves to a living body and that receives ultrasonic waves that were reflected inside the living body
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AI summary
An ultrasonic wave probe includes an ultrasonic wave transmitter and receiver that transmits ultrasonic waves to a living body and that receives ultrasonic waves that were reflected inside the living body and a housing that accommodates the ultrasonic wave transmitter and receiver, wherein the housing is provided with a guide that indicates a contact angle of the ultrasonic wave transmitter and receiver corresponding to a measurement site inside the living body.