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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2007
Applicant:
Koetsu Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Koetsu Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Provided is an ultrasonic probe, which can be improved in quality, which can acquire characteristics of a high sensitivity and a wide band and which can acquire an ultrasonic image of a high resolution. In this ultrasonic probe, grooves () are formed and utilized to form piezoelectric elements () and first acoustic matching layers () in a curved shape thereby to converge ultrasonic waves without any acoustic lens. Moreover, signal conductors () are disposed on the signal electrode faces of the piezoelectric elements ().