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Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 07, 2020
Applicant:

Ticona Llc, Florence, KY (US);

Inventors:

Darin Grinsteinner, Fort Mitchell, KY (US);

Young Shin Kim, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Assignee:

Ticona LLC, Florence, KY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); B06B 1/06 (2006.01); C08G 63/60 (2006.01); C08K 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/4444 (2013.01); A61B 8/4483 (2013.01); B06B 1/0685 (2013.01); C08G 63/605 (2013.01); C08K 3/04 (2013.01); C08K 2201/001 (2013.01); C08K 2201/003 (2013.01);
Abstract

An ultrasonic probe that comprises an ultrasonic transducer that includes an array of transducer elements and an attenuation material is provided. The attenuation material comprises a polymer composition that includes a liquid crystalline polymer and a thermally conductive particulate material. The liquid crystalline polymer has a melting temperature of about 270° C. or more and a melt viscosity of about 500 Pa-s or less as determined at a temperature of 45° C. above the melting temperature and shear rate of 400 sin accordance with ISO Test No. 11443:2005, and the polymer composition also has a through-plane conductivity of about 0.2 W/m-K or more.


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