Ultrasound transducer probe and methods

An ultrasound probe comprising:

• a first transducer;
• a second transducer;
• a carrier supporting the first transducer and the second transducer;
• wherein the first transducer is associated to a first lens, the first lens having a diverging lens setting, wherein other than the first transducer the ultrasound probe is absent of a transducer that is associated to the first lens;
• and
• wherein the second transducer is associated to a second lens, the second lens having a diverging lens setting, wherein other than the second transducer the ultrasound probe is absent of a transducer that is associated to the second lens, wherein the carrier supports the first transducer and the second transducer so that a line extending perpendicularly through an active front face surface of the first transducer and a line extending perpendicularly through an active front face surface of the second transducer are non-parallel.

An ultrasound probe comprising:

• a first transducer;
• a second transducer;
• a carrier supporting the first transducer and the second transducer;
• a first lens associated to the first transducer, the first lens having a diverging lens setting;
• and
• a second lens associated to the second transducer, the second lens having a diverging lens setting, wherein ultrasound signals are emitted from the first transducer and the second transducer simultaneously, wherein a line extending perpendicularly through an active front face surface of the first transducer and a line extending perpendicularly through an active front face surface of the second transducer are non-parallel.

An ultrasound probe comprising:

• a first transducer;
• a second transducer;
• a carrier supporting the first transducer and the second transducer;
• wherein the first transducer is associated to a first lens, the first lens having a diverging lens setting, wherein other than the first transducer the ultrasound probe is absent of a transducer that is associated to the first lens;
• wherein the second transducer is associated to a second lens, the second lens having a diverging lens setting, wherein other than the second transducer the ultrasound probe is absent of a transducer that is associated to the second lens;
• and
• wherein the first lens is a spherical lens and the second lens is a cylindrical lens, wherein the ultrasound probe includes a plurality of transducers including the first transducer and the second transducer, wherein the ultrasound probe is configured including with use of the spherical lens in combination with the cylindrical lens to project an asymmetrical ultrasound beam profile, wherein the ultrasound probe is configured so that the asymmetrical ultrasound beam profile has a shape corresponding to a shape of an asymmetrical region of a patient's body.

An ultrasound probe comprising:

• a first transducer;
• a second transducer;
• a carrier supporting the first transducer and the second transducer;
• wherein the first transducer is associated to a first lens, the first lens having a diverging lens setting, wherein other than the first transducer the ultrasound probe is absent of a transducer that is associated to the first lens;
• and
• wherein the ultrasound probe is operative so that the first transducer is driven in a first signaling configuration for uterine contraction detection and in a second signaling configuration for fetal heart rate detection, and wherein the ultrasound probe in response to a sensed condition automatically transitions between driving the first transducer in the first signaling configuration for uterine contraction detection, and driving the first transducer in the second signaling configuration for fetal heart rate detection.