Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Detecting nuclear – electromagnetic – or ultrasonic radiation
Reexamination Certificate
2005-09-13
2009-08-11
Leung, Quyen (Department: 2834)
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation
C600S462000, C310S333000, C310S311000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07572224
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to an ultrasonic probe including a piezoelectric element, a first acoustic matching layer provided on the front face of the piezoelectric element and formed of a solid inorganic material, and a second acoustic matching layer provided on the first acoustic matching layer and formed of a mixture of an organic resin and 10 to 30% by volume of oxide powder with a density of 6.5 g/cm3or more.
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Hosono Yasuharu
Itsumi Kazuhiro
Yamashita Yohachi
Gordon Bryan P
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Leung Quyen
Oblon & Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt P.C.
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