Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Harry Amon Kunkel

Charles Clark Cruikshank

Jeffrey Scott Hart

Dino Francesco Cuscuna

Elizabeth Brunelle

Martha Gail Grewe Wilson

Gerred Allen Price

Loriann Davidsen

James William Hackenberry

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

The present invention relates to an ultrasound probe () comprising: an ultrasound transducer () having an emission surface () for generating ultrasound waves, and an acoustical lens () with a first part () having an inner surface () facing the emission surface (), wherein the inner surface () comprises a plurality of protrusions () and/or recesses () for scattering reflections of ultrasound waves.

Ultrasound probe with acoustical lens

Ultrasound probe with an acoustical lens

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Harry Amon Kunkel