Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

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Jeffrey Scott Hart

Ryan Manning

Dino Francesco Cuscuna

Elizabeth Brunelle

Harry Amon Kunkel

Samuel Raymond Peters

Martha Gail Grewe Wilson

James William Hackenberry

Loriann Davidsen

An ultrasound probe has an acoustic window () or lens () through which ultrasound is transmitted and received by a transducer array () located behind the lens or window inside a probe enclosure. The external, patient-contacting surface () of the acoustic lens or window is textured. The texturing of the surface of the lens or window better retains gel spread over the lens or window for an ultrasound procedure, reduces reverberation artifacts, and diminishes the appearance of scratches on the lens or window.

Acoustic lens for ultrasonic transducer probe with a manufactured textured surface

Systems, methods, and apparatuses for dissipating heat from an ultrasound transducer are disclosed. A passive thermal management system including thermally conductive materials is disclosed. The passive thermal management system may include thermally conductive layers in a flexible circuit coupled to the transducer stack. The flexible circuit may be coupled to a thermally conductive bolster plate. The bolster plate may be coupled to a handle heat spreader that may be coupled to the interior surface of an ultrasound probe housing.

Systems, methods, and apparatuses for thermal management of ultrasound transducers

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