US 12,433,628 B2
Flexible ultrasonic wave generating device
Takashi Nakamura, Suita (JP); Tsuyoshi Funaki, Suita (JP); Kiyokazu Nakajima, Suita (JP); and Yuji Kokubo, Fukushima (JP)
Assigned to Osska University, Osaka (JP); and NexFi Technology Inc., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 18/018,950
Filed by OSAKA UNIVERSITY, Suita (JP); and NexFi Technology Inc., Suita (JP)
PCT Filed Aug. 4, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/028975
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 31, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/030554, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 2, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-132615 (JP), filed on Aug. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0285046 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/320068 (2013.01) [A61B 17/320016 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320074 (2017.08)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flexible ultrasonic wave generating device that is bendable, the device comprising:
an actuator configured to generate ultrasonic waves;
a flexible substrate;
a drive circuit comprising a plurality of electronic components mounted on the flexible substrate to drive the actuator;
a flexible tube configured to have a flexibility, into which the actuator and the drive circuit are inserted; and
an active blade attached to the actuator.