US 12,433,570 B2
Ultrasound probe
Chikara Kojima, Matsumoto (JP); Keita Kubo, Matsumoto (JP); Hikaru Iwai, Matsukawa (JP); and Eiji Osawa, Matsumoto (JP)
Assigned to SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/619,663.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-052916 (JP), filed on Mar. 29, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0324991 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/4444 (2013.01) [A61B 8/4422 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ultrasound probe comprising:
an ultrasound device configured to perform at least one of transmission and reception of an ultrasound wave; and
a case housing the ultrasound device, the case having a front surface, a side surface intersecting the front surface, and a back surface intersecting the side surface and facing the front surface, wherein
the ultrasound device includes:
a vibration plate; and
a piezoelectric element disposed at the vibration plate,
the case is provided with:
an opening in the front surface, and the opening faces the vibration plate; and
a first communication hole that is provided in the side surface and is configured to communicate an internal space of the case with an outside of the case, and
the case includes a sealing material configured to prevent entry of a water droplet from the opening into the internal space.