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Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 16, 2022
Applicant:

Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kazuya Matsumoto, Nagano, JP;

Masahiro Katashiro, Hachioji, JP;

Assignee:

OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/4494 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/4444 (2013.01);
Abstract

An ultrasonic element includes at least one cMUT provided to a substrate, wherein the cMUT includes a first electrode provided to the substrate, a frame member having a cavity, a second electrode disposed to face the first electrode with the cavity interposed between the second electrode and the first electrode, and a protective layer covering the second electrode, a length of the cavity in an X axis direction being longer than a width of the cavity in a Y axis direction, the protective layer having a convex region extending in the X axis direction, a width of the convex region in the Y axis direction varying.


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