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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2015
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Yasuhiro Ona, Nasushiobara, JP;
Hiroyuki Shikata, Nasushiobara, JP;
Satoru Tezuka, Nasushiobara, JP;
Satoru Asagiri, Tokyo, JP;
Michiko Oishi, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Medical Svstems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Abstract
An ultrasonic probe includes an ultrasonic transducer array and a multilayer body for extracting an electric wiring from each electrode. Transducers are classified into at least a first group and a second group. The multilayer body includes a first FPC layer on which the array is stacked and a second FPC layer on which the first FPC layer is stacked. The first FPC layer and the second FPC layer include upper surface connection pads and lower surface electrode pads which maintain a uniform level at positions spatially corresponding to the respective transducers. FPC layers constituting an FPC multilayer body are bonded to each other to be integrally formed in a region corresponding to the width of the array. On the other hand, the respective FPC layers are not bonded to each other and separated from each other outside the region corresponding to the width of the array.