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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2014
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Shuhei Okuda, Hino, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G10K 11/00 (2006.01); B06B 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/4444 (2013.01); A61B 8/4483 (2013.01); B06B 1/067 (2013.01); G10K 11/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is an ultrasound probe including a piezoelectric device which transmits and receives ultrasound, n layers of acoustic matching layers provided on a front side of the piezoelectric device, n layers meaning two layers or more, an acoustic lens which is provided on a front side of the acoustic matching layers and an acoustic reflecting layer which is provided on a back side of the piezoelectric device.