ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS

• Main Authors: KUREMATSU MASAYUKI, UENO KENICHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 17.05.2012
• Subjects: DEAF-AID SETS; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKEACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS; SURGERY

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a user-friendly ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus not having the following problems or the like: by exceeding an upper limit value of a temperature of an abutment face on a test subject, use is suspended; or properties of an element transmitting/receiving an ultrasonic wave deteriorates.SOLUTION: The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes: an ultrasonic probe having the transmission/reception element transmitting/receiving the ultrasonic wave and a transmission/reception circuit; a body unit having an image generation part, a control part, an operation part, and a display part; and a power supply line supplying power to the ultrasonic probe from the body unit. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus also includes a power control part for the probe shutting off the supply of the power to the ultrasonic probe by shutting off the current carrying to the power supply line. Thereby, the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus can drastically suppress heat generation in the ultrasonic probe, and does not have the problem or the like, wherein the use is suppressed by exceeding the upper limit value of the temperature of the abutment face on the test subject, or wherein the properties of the element transmitting/receiving the ultrasonic wave deteriorates, so that the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus is user-friendly.