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Ultrasonic probe

US5313950A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 23, 1993
Grant dateMay 24, 1994
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Expiry dateFeb 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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