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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2005
Yukihiko Sawada, Yoshikawa, JP;
Akiko Mizunuma, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhiro Wakabayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Imahashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Sunao Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Yukihiko Sawada, Yoshikawa, JP;
Akiko Mizunuma, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhiro Wakabayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Imahashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Sunao Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Medical Systems Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic radial ultrasonic probe comprising an electronic radial array which comprises a plurality of ultrasonic transducers being continuously arrayed circularly around an insertion axis as center and also for which a transmission/reception of an ultrasonic wave is controlled by electronically selecting the plurality of ultrasonic transducer, comprises: a support member equipped on the electronic radial array; a lock member featured with a cavity in which the support member is inserted and with a lock groove for locking a balloon which is mounted in a manner to cover the electronic radial array and in which an ultrasonic medium is filled; and a filler member which is constituted by an adhesive material converting from a fluid state to a solid state, and is filled in the cavity.