Echography probe and accessories
US6468220B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 21, 2000 |
| Grant date | Oct 22, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 21, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10K11/352
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A probe including a body having a main chamber receiving an assembly for transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic wave. The assembly is mounted on a frame driven in reciprocating motion by a driving motor. The chamber is closed by a probe tip having a slot made of a liquid impermeable solid element which is permeable to the acoustic wave transmitted by the acoustic transducer and toward the acoustic transducer. A reciprocating motion of the acoustic transducer is a translating movement parallel to the slot such that the ultrasonic beam is normal at the slot.
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