| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the weight of an ultrasonic probe by impregnating only a medium holding member mounted in a probe case, with a sound propagation medium, thereby reducing a filled amount of the sound propagation medium. <P>SOLUTION: The ultrasonic probe includes: the probe case 3 having a leading-end face 3b contacting with a surface of a subject; and a probe body 1 accommodated in the probe case 3 and used for receiving and transmitting an ultrasonic wave. The ultrasonic probe ultrasonically diagnoses a subject by moving the probe body 1 along the internal bottom 3a of the probe case 3, thereby mechanically scanning the subject. In the ultrasonic probe, a medium holding member 31 impregnated with a sound propagation medium is interposed in a gap g formed between the ultrasonic radiation face 1a of the probe body 1 and the internal bottom 3a of the probe case 3. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |
