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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2020
Applicant:
Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc., Bothell, WA (US);
Inventors:
Nicholas Christopher Chaggares, Whitby, CA;
Oleg Ivanytskyy, Toronto, CA;
Guofeng Pang, Ajax, CA;
Robert J. Kolaja, Toronto, CA;
Assignee:
FUJIFILM SonoSite, Inc., Bothell, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); B06B 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/4483 (2013.01); B06B 1/0648 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ultrasound transducer has an array of transducer elements that are electrically coupled to electrical conductors. In one embodiment, the conductors are included in a flex circuit and engage a conductive surface formed on a number of outwardly extending ribs on a frame that holds the ultrasound array. In one embodiment, the flex circuit includes an alignment feature that engages a corresponding registration feature on the frame so that the traces on the flex circuit align with the ribs on the frame.