US 11,864,951 B2
Probe having a cooling chamber and method for manufacturing such a probe
Matthieu Valentin, Marseilles (FR); Etienne Rousseau, Aix en Provence (FR); and Frédéric Giral, Pourcieux (FR)
Assigned to SuperSonic Imagine, Aix-en-Provence (FR)
Appl. No. 17/294,444
Filed by SUPERSONIC IMAGINE, Aix en Provence (FR)
PCT Filed Oct. 10, 2019, PCT No. PCT/FR2019/052412
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/099742, PCT Pub. Date May 22, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 18 71577 (FR), filed on Nov. 16, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0015744 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/546 (2013.01) [A61B 8/4444 (2013.01); H05K 7/20272 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00011 (2013.01); H05K 7/20236 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Probe, in particular for ultrasound, comprising:
a casing defining an interior of the probe,
one or more emitting and/or receiving elements for acoustic waves arranged at a first end of the probe,
an interface unit connected to the emitting and/or receiving element, the interface unit being located within the interior of the casing, wherein the probe comprises:
a sealed cooling chamber arranged within the interior of the casing, the interface unit being arranged at least partially in the cooling chamber or in contact with the cooling chamber, the cooling chamber being at least partially filled with a heat transfer liquid.