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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); B06B 1/06 (2006.01); G10K 11/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/14 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/4494 (2013.01); A61B 8/145 (2013.01); A61B 8/4427 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01); B06B 1/0622 (2013.01); G01S 15/8918 (2013.01); G10K 11/004 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ultrasonic device includes a substrate and a support member. The substrate has an element array including a plurality of ultrasonic transducer elements arranged in an array form. The support member has a surface adhered to the substrate in an area including the element array, and an opposite surface opposite from the surface adhered to the substrate, a distance from the surface adhered to the substrate to the opposite surface being different with respect to two adjacent ones of the ultrasonic transducer elements in the element array.