Title:
ULTRASONIC IMAGING SYSTEM AND ULTRASONIC IMAGING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2021/024709
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided are an ultrasonic imaging device and an ultrasonic imaging system that are configured to allow the housing of the ultrasonic imaging device to be placed in the body of a person being tested to reduce the temporal and economical burdens and the psychological burdens on the person being tested. The ultrasonic imaging device according to the present invention comprises: a housing that is inserted from the vaginal opening and is placed at least at one prescribed site from among the vagina, the uterine cervix, the uterine body, the uterine vagina, the vaginal fornix, the opening of uterus, and the uterus; an ultrasonic transmission unit that transmits ultrasonic waves while said housing is placed at the prescribed site; an ultrasonic wave reception unit that receives the ultrasonic waves reflected by an object while said housing is placed at the prescribed site; and an ultrasonic information transmission unit that transmits ultrasonic information of the ultrasonic waves received by the ultrasonic reception unit.
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Inventors:
YOKOMIZO RYO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2020/027296
Publication Date:
February 11, 2021
Filing Date:
July 13, 2020
Export Citation:
Assignee:
THE JIKEI UNIV (JP)
International Classes:
A61B8/12
Foreign References:
| JP2003180694A | 2003-07-02 | |||
| JP2014073271A | 2014-04-24 | |||
| JPH01107745A | 1989-04-25 | |||
| JPH0819542A | 1996-01-23 | |||
| JP2006141809A | 2006-06-08 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ODA, Tetsuaki et al. (JP)
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