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Title:
ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER AND PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2017192143
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide ultrasonic transducers, especially, ultrasonic transducers used for medical imaging.SOLUTION: An ultrasonic transducer includes a backing element, an active element over the backing layer, and a matching element over the active element, the matching element having an inner surface that contacts the active element and an outer surface with a non-homogeneous texture and/or a material composition. The matching element can be formed by subtractive or deposition techniques.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Inventors:
RICHARD BAUTISTA
ROBERT ZELENKA
Application Number:
JP2017117594A
Publication Date:
October 19, 2017
Filing Date:
June 15, 2017
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Assignee:
ACIST MEDICAL SYS INC
International Classes:
H04R17/00; H04R1/44; H04R31/00
Domestic Patent References:
JP2004184423A2004-07-02
JP2004029038A2004-01-29
JP2004072461A2004-03-04
JP2004343263A2004-12-02
Foreign References:
US20040113522A12004-06-17
US6359375B12002-03-19
WO2012144117A12012-10-26
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Atsushi Aoki
Jun Tsuruta
Kei Mori
Masami Enohara