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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2016
Applicant:
Furuno Electric Co., Ltd., Nishinomiya, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Furuno Electric Co., Ltd., Nishinomiya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/14 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/4209 (2013.01); A61B 8/14 (2013.01); A61B 8/4281 (2013.01); A61B 8/4444 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01); A61B 8/5253 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is an art in which when an operator grips a probe of an ultrasonic imaging apparatus and moves the probe, it is facilitated to maintain the probe at a suitable angle with respect to an object to be imaged. A probe adapter may include a contact surface having a shape extending along an outer circumference of a cross section of an object to be imaged, and a fixing portion configured to fix a probe having an ultrasonic wave transmitting-receiving surface which transmits and receives an ultrasonic wave at a given angle and expose the ultrasonic wave transmitting-receiving surface to the contact surface side.