US 12,458,326 B2
Ultrasound probe and ultrasound diagnostic apparatus
Takatoshi Hase, Kanagawa (JP); Atsushi Osawa, Kanagawa (JP); and Ryo Shintate, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/474,611.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-155445 (JP), filed on Sep. 28, 2022; and application No. 2023-025932 (JP), filed on Feb. 22, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0099702 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/546 (2013.01) [A61B 8/4483 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ultrasound probe comprising:
a plurality of vibrators that are arranged in a first direction, each vibrator having a first surface which is located on a side on which the vibrator transmits and receives an ultrasound wave and a second surface opposite to the first surface; and
a support portion that supports the second surface,
wherein the support portion includes a first support portion that is in contact with the second surface and that reflects, to the vibrator, an ultrasound wave from the vibrator toward the support portion,
a direction from the vibrator toward the support portion is defined as a second direction,
a direction intersecting the first direction and the second direction is defined as a third direction,
the first support portion is in contact with at least a part of an end surface of the vibrator in the third direction, and
the first support portion is formed of a single member.