Systems and methods for air cooled ultrasound transducers via cavity on the probe

A handheld ultrasound imaging probe, comprising:

• a transducer assembly at a distal end of the imaging probe;
• electronics coupled to the transducer assembly;
• a housing at least partially enclosing the transducer assembly and the electronics, the housing having a longitudinal axis extending between a proximal end of the imaging probe and the distal end of the imaging probe;
• a heat spreader within the housing configured to absorb heat from the transducer assembly and the electronics;
• and
• a conduit having an interior surface and an exterior surface opposite to the interior surface and extending from a first side of the housing to a second side of the housing, wherein the first side and the second side are located on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of the housing, wherein the heat spreader is located between the electronics and the exterior surface of the conduit, and wherein the conduit is configured for a coolant to flow through the conduit from the first side of the housing to the second side of the housing to dissipate the heat absorbed by the heat spreader, wherein the conduit includes a first conduit opening at the first side of the housing and a second conduit opening at the second side of the housing that is opposite to the first side of the housing, and wherein the interior surface of the conduit is a sealed interior surface that defines a cavity, and wherein the first conduit opening and the second conduit opening are configured to prevent accessibility to the cavity and the interior surface of the conduit by a finger of an operator, and wherein the first aperture has a first length along the longitudinal axis and a first width, wherein the first width is less than the first length, and the second aperture has a second length along the longitudinal axis and a second width, wherein the second width is less than the second length.