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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
May. 06, 2013
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Yoshida, Hachioji, JP;
Katsuhiro Wakabayashi, Hachioji, JP;
Jin Hiraoka, Sagamihara, JP;
Kazuya Matsumoto, Kamiina-gun, JP;
Mamoru Hasegawa, Kamiina-gun, JP;
Kazuhisa Karaki, Shiojiri, JP;
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ultrasound transducer array according to an embodiment includes a substrate, a plurality of groove-like recesses arranged at a predetermined interval on one surface of the substrate, a cell region arranged between the recesses on the one surface side of the substrate, a flexible film configured to cover the substrate and the cell region and having fragility lower than fragility of the substrate, and a dividing groove having a width smaller than a width of the recess and reaching from the other surface of the substrate to the flexible film in the recess.