Ultrasound probe including ultrasound transducer which is movable along curved line and driving method thereof
AssigneeNEWPONG Co., Ltd
InventorsJae-Yong LEE, Young-Hwan OH, Kwang-Jae LEE
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Abstract
Provided is to an ultrasound probe including an ultrasound transducer which moves in a curved line. The ultrasound probe including an ultrasound transducer which moves in a curved line may include a housing including a contact surface which is provided in a curved shape and is in contact with a target area of a user; a transducer which is provided in the housing and outputs an ultrasound signal; and a movement module which moves the transducer in a curved line in accordance with the curved shape.
Claims13
An ultrasound probe including an ultrasound transducer which moves in a curved line, comprising:
- a housing including a contact surface which is provided in a curved shape and is in contact with a target area of a user;
- a transducer which is provided in the housing and outputs an ultrasound signal;
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- a movement module which moves the transducer in the curved line in accordance with the curved shape.
A driving method of an ultrasound probe including an ultrasound transducer which moves in a curved line, comprising:
- a step of moving a transducer in the curved line in accordance with a curved shape of a contact surface which is in contact with a target area of a user;
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- a step of outputting an ultrasound signal from the transducer.
An ultrasound probe including an ultrasound transducer which moves in a curved line, comprising:
- a cartridge including a transducer which outputs an ultrasound signal and a movement module which moves the transducer in the curved line in accordance with a curved shape of a contact surface which is in contact with a target area of a user;
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- a handpiece from which the cartridge is detachable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.