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Title:
ULTRASONIC PROBE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2021/011220
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An ultrasonic probe that comprises an ultrasonic transducer that includes an array of transducer elements and an attenuation material is provided. The attenuation material comprises a polymer composition that includes a liquid crystalline polymer and a thermally conductive particulate material. The liquid crystalline polymer has a melting temperature of about 270°C or more and a melt viscosity of about 500 Pa-s or less as determined at a temperature of 45°C above the melting temperature and shear rate of 400 s-1 in accordance with ISO Test No. 11443:2005, and the polymer composition also has a through-plane conductivity of about 0.2 W/m-K or more.

Inventors:
GRINSTEINNER DARIN (US)
KIM YOUNG SHIN (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2020/040951
Publication Date:
March 11, 2021
Filing Date:
July 07, 2020
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Assignee:
TICONA LLC (US)
International Classes:
A61B8/12; B06B1/06; G01N29/02; H01L41/18
Domestic Patent References:
WO2019031047A12019-02-14
WO2004050915A12004-06-17
WO2015145402A12015-10-01
Foreign References:
US6022491A2000-02-08
US20130200297A12013-08-08
US20160145411A12016-05-26
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
JOHNSTON, Jason, W. (US)
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