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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2020
Applicant:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Ryo Imai, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiko Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
FUJIFILM HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, Chiba, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/08 (2006.01); G01N 29/24 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); B06B 1/04 (2006.01); G10K 11/28 (2006.01); G02B 6/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0095 (2013.01); A61B 8/0833 (2013.01); B06B 1/04 (2013.01); G10K 11/28 (2013.01); B06B 2201/76 (2013.01); G01N 29/2418 (2013.01); G02B 6/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
To provide an ultrasonic transmission instrument that can uniformly transmit ultrasonic waves in each direction around the instrument, even when the instrument is made of a material through which the ultrasonic waves cannot be transmitted. In an ultrasonic transmission instrument according to the invention, a light transmission member is disposed at an emission end of an optical waveguide, and an outer peripheral member covers an outer periphery of the light transmission member and is made of a light absorbing material.