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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2007
Applicant:
Seong Rae Kim, Seoul, KR;
Inventor:
Seong Rae Kim, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Medison Co., Ltd., Kangwon-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention may provide a device for rotating a transducer of an ultrasonic probe, which has a simple manufacturing process and a small size. The device may comprise: a drive motor; a pulley rotatably driven by the drive motor; wire-ropes wound around the pulley; a rotatable transducer having a plurality of ultrasonic elements; and buffer springs connecting one ends of the wire-ropes and the transducer, the buffer springs being attached to the transducer.