Ultrasonic probe
US5313950A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 23, 1993 |
| Grant date | May 24, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 23, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2291/2636
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An ultrasonic probe for use in hollow organs such as blood vessels of a living body and in other hollow objects of structures such as pipes, includes a piezoelectric transducer, a reflector and a rotor all housed in a tube. The rotor moves and/or rotates the piezoelectric transducer and/or the reflector and is driven by a stator located outside the object under examination.
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