US 11,937,980 B2
Multi-row ultrasonic imaging apparatus and ultrasonic imaging instrument
Weibao Qiu, Shenzhen (CN); Min Su, Shenzhen (CN); Zhiqiang Zhang, Shenzhen (CN); and Hairong Zheng, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/476,431.
Application 17/476,431 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2019/112998, filed on Oct. 24, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 201910204641.1 (CN), filed on Mar. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0000450 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/4461 (2013.01) [A61B 8/4477 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multi-row ultrasonic imaging apparatus, comprising: a housing; a first ultrasonic transducer; a second ultrasonic transducer; a third ultrasonic transducer; two limiting shafts; a first displacement mechanism; a second displacement mechanism; a first rotary mechanism; and a second rotary mechanism, wherein the first ultrasonic transducer, the second ultrasonic transducer, the third ultrasonic transducer, the first displacement mechanism, the second displacement mechanism, the first rotary mechanism and the second rotary mechanism are installed in the housing, wherein the first ultrasonic transducer is fixedly installed at the middle of the housing, wherein the second ultrasonic transducer and the third ultrasonic transducer are respectively arranged on two sides of the first ultrasonic transducer, wherein the first displacement mechanism and the first rotary mechanism are connected to the second ultrasonic transducer through one limiting shaft and the second displacement mechanism and the second rotary mechanism are connected to the third ultrasonic transducer through another limiting shaft, wherein the movements of the first displacement mechanism and the second displacement mechanism are configured to be kept in reverse synchronization, and the movements of the first rotary mechanism and the second rotary mechanism are configured to be kept in reverse synchronization, wherein a distance between the first ultrasonic transducer and the second ultrasonic transducer is configured to be always equal to a distance between the first ultrasonic transducer and the third ultrasonic transducer, and an angle formed by the first ultrasonic transducer and the second ultrasonic transducer is configured to be always kept the same as an angle formed by the first ultrasonic transducer and the third ultrasonic transducer, wherein the ultrasonic waves emitted by the first ultrasonic transducer, the second ultrasonic transducer, and the third ultrasonic transducer are configured to always converge at a common focal point.