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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2016
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Yuiko Kitamura, Hino, JP;
Yuichi Nishikubo, Kawasaki, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A medical acoustic coupler is to be detachably attached to an ultrasonic probe including a graspable trunk portion and a protruding portion protruding in a width direction from the trunk portion, the medical acoustic coupler including a sheet-like elastic member, the elastic member including: a contact portion located at a central portion of the elastic member in a planar view, the contact portion being brought into contact with an ultrasound transmission/reception surface located at a top edge of the protruding portion when the elastic member is attached to the ultrasonic probe; and loop portions located on the opposite sides of the contact portion from each other, the loop portions each forming a loop, wherein, when the elastic member is attached to the ultrasonic probe, the loop portions are hooked around the protruding portion, to fix the elastic member to the ultrasonic probe.