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Ultrasonic endoscope apparatus

US5020539A · kind A · utility

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22Claims
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Filing dateMar 8, 1989
Grant dateJun 4, 1991
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Expiry dateMar 8, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10K11/355
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An ultrasonic endoscope apparatus having a distal end cap provided with an ultrasonic transmission window through which an ultrasonic beam is transmitted in a radial direction perpendicular to the axis of a probe of the apparatus, and a cylindrical member located adjacent to the ultrasonic transmission window. The cylindrical member extends in parallel with the axis of the distal end of the probe.

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