US 12,245,867 B2
Measuring device
Jun Takagi, Nagaokakyo (JP); Tomoki Takahashi, Nagaokakyo (JP); Hiroaki Togashi, Nagaokakyo (JP); and Kenji Tanaka, Nagaokakyo (JP)
Assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Nagaokakyo (JP)
Filed by Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Nagaokakyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/373,005.
Application 17/373,005 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/008400, filed on Feb. 28, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-037292 (JP), filed on Mar. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0338143 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/0537 (2021.01)
CPC A61B 5/4277 (2013.01) [A61B 5/682 (2013.01); A61B 5/6835 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A measuring device comprising:
a main body; and
a probe having a head section at a distal end thereof and an arm section that connects the head section to the main body,
wherein the head section includes:
a support portion connected to a distal end of the arm section;
a measuring portion having a first surface that exposes a flat measuring surface of a sensor having a flat plate shape, such that the flat measuring surface is flush with the first surface of the measuring portion; and
a coupling portion that couples the measuring portion to the support portion and is disposed therebetween,
wherein the coupling portion has a first connection portion connected to the measuring portion and a second connection portion connected to the support portion,
wherein the coupling portion is annular or tubular shaped to define a single through hole that extends continuously from the measuring portion to the support portion, the coupling portion being made of a material that is softer than a material of at least one of the measuring portion and the support portion, and
wherein the coupling portion comprises a porous body having a plurality of pores.