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AssigneesFuji Photo Optical Co., Ltd., Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsMituo Kondo, Kenji Abe, Hisashi Nakamura, Yasutaka Nagai
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A multi-plane electronic scan ultrasound probe having a rotary member rotatably mounted on a distal end portion of an elongated catheter member of the probe and support thereon an ultrasound transducer consisting of a row of a large number of ultrasound elements. The rotary member is connected to a rotation control knob on a manipulating head of the probe by way of rotation transmission wires extended through the catheter member and via a drive pulley mounted on the manipulating head in association with the rotation control knob to turn the ultrasound transducer through an arbitrary angle in multi-plane electronic scanning by manipulation of the rotation control knob. In addition, for the purpose of tilting the ultrasound transducer through a desired angle, the ultrasound probe is provided with a tilting mechanism to tilt the rotational axis of the rotary member in a predetermined direction, including a tiltable support for the rotary member, a tilt control means provided on the manipulating head, and a tilt signal transmission means for transmitting a tilt control signal from the tilt control means to the tiltable support.
A multi-plane electronic scan ultrasound probe having a manipulating head, an elongated catheter member extended out from said manipulating head on a front bide thereof, an ultrasound transducer rotatably mounted within a casing on a distal end section of said catheter member and having a row of a large number of ultrasound transducer elements on a rotary body, a rotation control knob provided on said manipulating head to control rotation of said rotary member through rotation transmission wire means extended between said rotation control means and said rotary member through said catheter member via a drive pulley mounted on said manipulation head:
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