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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2010
Hironobu Hongou, Otawara, JP;
Takatoshi Okumura, Yaita, JP;
Kazuhito Nakata, Otawara, JP;
Kenichi Unayama, Otawara, JP;
Takeshi Fukasawa, Otawara, JP;
Takayuki Shiina, Otawara, JP;
Fumio Mochizuki, Otawara, JP;
Hironobu Hongou, Otawara, JP;
Takatoshi Okumura, Yaita, JP;
Kazuhito Nakata, Otawara, JP;
Kenichi Unayama, Otawara, JP;
Takeshi Fukasawa, Otawara, JP;
Takayuki Shiina, Otawara, JP;
Fumio Mochizuki, Otawara, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Tochigi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic probe includes a probe unit and cooling unit. The probe unit is obtained by arranging, in a housing, a transducer unit which transmits and receives ultrasonic waves with an object to be examined, an electronic circuit unit which is connected to the transducer unit and performs electrical signal processing, and a heat transfer member which is made of a material having a heat transfer coefficient higher than that of the electronic circuit unit, and transfers heat of the electronic circuit unit to a housing surface. The cooling unit is detachably mounted on the housing of the probe unit, and cools the heat transfer member by passing a coolant in a channel formed inside the cooling unit.