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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2007
Takashi Takeuchi, Otawara, JP;
Hiroyuki Shikata, Nasushiobara, JP;
Minoru Aoki, Nasushiobara, JP;
Shinichi Sato, Kasukabe, JP;
Masaaki Sudo, Yokohama, JP;
Takashi Takeuchi, Otawara, JP;
Hiroyuki Shikata, Nasushiobara, JP;
Minoru Aoki, Nasushiobara, JP;
Shinichi Sato, Kasukabe, JP;
Masaaki Sudo, Yokohama, JP;
Kabuhsiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Abstract
An ultrasonic probe includes piezoelectric elements each including grooves parallel to each other and arrayed in a direction substantially parallel to the grooves, and a mixed member which is to fill the grooves and obtained by mixing in a nonconductive resin member a nonconductive granular substance with a coefficient of thermal expansion of not more than substantially 10K.