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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2004
Applicants:
Toshiro Kondo, Sanuki, JP;
Takaya Osawa, Saitama, JP;
Inventors:
Toshiro Kondo, Sanuki, JP;
Takaya Osawa, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi Medical Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An ultrasound probe obtained by arranging, on a backing, a plurality of transducers each of which comprising a piezoelectric transducer, an acoustic lens, and an acoustic matching layer provided between the piezoelectric transducerand the acoustic lens, the acoustic matching layer containing a fibrous material, and the direction of fibers in the fibrous material being perpendicular to the direction of sound waves.