ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER PROBE UNIT

• Main Authors: PARKER, JOHN, BARTLETT, STEWART, EL-AKLOUK, ESSA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 22.06.2016
• Subjects: ACOUSTICS; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; MEASURING; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING,NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHYSICS; RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES; SURGERY; TESTING

An ultrasound transducer probe unit (201; 300) having a body portion (301; 903) and an array of transducers (404; 701; 906) in which the array of transducers is movable, relative to the body portion, in a reciprocating motion along a linear path, by an ultrasonic motor (610; 800; 908). Ultrasonic si...