CN215739065U

CN215739065U - Ultrasonic probe and ultrasonic detection device

Info

Publication number: CN215739065U
Application number: CN202023026024.4U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 罗华; 凌锋; 周丹
Original assignee: Edan Instruments Inc
Current assignee: Edan Instruments Inc
Priority date: 2020-12-15
Filing date: 2020-12-15
Publication date: 2022-02-08
Anticipated expiration: 2030-12-15

Abstract

The application discloses ultrasonic probe and ultrasonic detection device relates to medical instrument technical field. The ultrasonic probe includes: the ultrasonic probe comprises a probe body, a probe body and a probe body, wherein one end of the probe body is provided with a sound-transmitting window, and the probe body is used for transmitting ultrasonic waves from the sound-transmitting window and receiving echoes of a human body to the ultrasonic waves from the sound-transmitting window; and the solid couplant component is arranged at one end of the probe body, corresponds to the sound transmission window and is used for fixing the probe body on a part to be detected of a human body. Through this kind of mode, can improve convenience and the travelling comfort that the couplant used when the ultrasonic testing, and can realize ultrasonic probe and wait to detect the fixed of position to reduce intensity of labour, practice thrift the manpower, improve detection effect.

Description

Ultrasonic probe and ultrasonic detection device

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of medical instruments, in particular to an ultrasonic probe and an ultrasonic detection device.

Background

The ultrasonic probe is used as an important accessory of the medical ultrasonic detection device and has a decisive effect on the imaging of the ultrasonic detection device. The ultrasonic detection device is an instrument which generates incident ultrasonic waves (transmitted waves) through an ultrasonic probe to enter human tissues, receives reflected ultrasonic waves (echoes) of each interface of the human tissues at the same time, and processes the reflected ultrasonic waves to obtain human tissue images.

The existing ultrasonic probe is generally of a non-fixed structure, when the ultrasonic probe is used, a doctor holds the ultrasonic probe, a certain amount of liquid ultrasonic coupling agent is coated on the probe, and then the ultrasonic probe is rotated or moved according to the image requirement on a part to be detected of a detected person to obtain a required ultrasonic image. In the examination process, however, the liquid couplant moves and rotates along with the ultrasonic probe, and the liquid couplant at the part to be detected is insufficient; and along with the movement and rotation of the ultrasonic probe, the liquid couplant has a large coverage area, and can cause certain discomfort to the examinee. On the other hand, in the inspection or operation monitoring scene of some diseases, need for a long time to make ultrasonic probe fixed detection a certain position of waiting to detect, traditional ultrasonic probe of non-fixed structure hardly adapts to clinical demand, because the doctor need hold ultrasonic probe for a long time to fix ultrasonic probe at a certain position of waiting to detect of human body, not only greatly increased intensity of labour, extravagant manpower, can influence detection effect moreover.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The technical problem that this application mainly solved is how to improve convenience and the travelling comfort that the couplant used when ultrasonic testing to and how to realize ultrasonic probe and wait to detect the fixed of position, with reduce intensity of labour, practice thrift the manpower, improve detection effect.

In order to solve the technical problem, the application adopts a technical scheme that: an ultrasound probe is provided. The ultrasonic probe includes: the ultrasonic probe comprises a probe body, a probe body and a probe body, wherein one end of the probe body is provided with a sound-transmitting window, and the probe body is used for transmitting ultrasonic waves from the sound-transmitting window and receiving echoes of a human body to the ultrasonic waves from the sound-transmitting window; and the solid couplant component is arranged at one end of the probe body, corresponds to the sound transmission window and is used for fixing the probe body on a part to be detected of a human body.

In order to solve the above technical problem, another technical solution adopted by the present application is: an ultrasonic testing device is provided. The ultrasonic detection device comprises a controller and the ultrasonic probe, wherein the controller is connected with the ultrasonic probe and is used for controlling the ultrasonic probe to carry out ultrasonic detection on a part to be detected.

The beneficial effects of the embodiment of the application are that: the ultrasonic probe of the present application includes: the ultrasonic probe comprises a probe body, a probe body and a probe body, wherein one end of the probe body is provided with a sound-transmitting window, and the probe body is used for transmitting ultrasonic waves from the sound-transmitting window and receiving echoes of a human body to the ultrasonic waves from the sound-transmitting window; and the solid couplant component is arranged at one end of the probe body, corresponds to the sound transmission window and is used for fixing the probe body on a part to be detected of a human body. Through the mode, the solid couplant is adopted to replace the traditional liquid couplant, so that the problem that the liquid couplant needs to be supplemented due to insufficient liquid couplant at a part to be detected along with the movement and rotation of the ultrasonic probe can be solved, and the problem that the comfort is low due to large-area coverage of the liquid couplant can be solved, so that the convenience and the comfort of using the solid couplant can be improved; simultaneously, the solid couplant subassembly of this application can fix the probe body on waiting to detect the position, can improve the long-time handheld ultrasonic probe of doctor to fix on waiting to detect the position, it is big to lead to intensity of labour, and the manpower is extravagant, the not good problem of detection effect, consequently, this application can also reduce intensity of labour, practices thrift the manpower, improves detection effect.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of an ultrasound probe of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an exploded view of the ultrasonic probe of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of another exploded view of the ultrasonic probe of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic bottom view of a solid couplant assembly of the ultrasound probe of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the solid couplant assembly of the embodiment of FIG. 4 taken along A-A';

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a solid couplant assembly in an embodiment of an ultrasound probe of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a schematic bottom view of a solid couplant assembly of the ultrasound probe of the embodiment of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the solid couplant assembly of the ultrasound probe of the embodiment of FIG. 6 taken along B-B';

FIG. 9 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of an ultrasound probe of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of an exploded view of the ultrasonic probe of the embodiment of FIG. 9;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the ultrasonic testing apparatus of the present application.

Detailed Description

The present application will be described in further detail with reference to the following drawings and examples. It is to be noted that the following examples are only illustrative of the present application, and do not limit the scope of the present application. Likewise, the following examples are only some examples and not all examples of the present application, and all other examples obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art without any inventive step are within the scope of the present application.

The present application first proposes an ultrasound probe, as shown in fig. 1 to 5, fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of the ultrasound probe of the present application; FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an exploded view of the ultrasonic probe of the embodiment of FIG. 1; FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of another exploded view of the ultrasonic probe of the embodiment of FIG. 1; FIG. 4 is a schematic bottom view of a solid couplant assembly of the ultrasound probe of the embodiment of FIG. 1; fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the solid couplant assembly of the embodiment of fig. 4 taken along a-a'. The ultrasound probe 10 of the present embodiment includes: a probe body 110 and a solid couplant assembly 120; wherein, one end of the probe body 110 is provided with an acoustic window 111 for emitting ultrasonic waves from the acoustic window 111 and receiving echoes of the ultrasonic waves from the human body from the acoustic window 111; the solid couplant component 120 is disposed on one end of the probe body 110, and is disposed corresponding to the acoustic window 111, for fixing the probe body 110 on a to-be-detected part of a human body.

The probe body 110 of the present embodiment includes a handle (not shown) and a probe portion (not shown) connected to the handle, wherein an acoustic window 111 is disposed at one end of the probe portion away from the handle; the probe body 110 integrates components or devices such as a transducer, an acoustic backing block, a matching layer, a crystal array, a connecting wire, a probe shell and the like.

The solid couplant module 120 of the present embodiment can be used not only to remove air between the probe and the object to be detected and allow ultrasonic waves to effectively penetrate into the human body for detection purposes, but also to fix the probe body 110 to the part to be detected of the human body.

Compared with the prior art, the solid couplant is adopted to replace the traditional liquid couplant in the embodiment, so that the problem that the liquid couplant needs to be supplemented due to insufficient liquid couplant at a part to be detected along with the movement and rotation of the ultrasonic probe can be solved, and the problem that the comfort is low due to large-area coverage of the liquid couplant can be solved, so that the convenience and the comfort of using the solid couplant can be improved; simultaneously, the solid couplant subassembly of this embodiment can fix the probe body on waiting to detect the position, can improve the long-time handheld ultrasonic probe of doctor to fix on waiting to detect the position, it is big to lead to intensity of labour, and the manpower is extravagant, the not good problem of detection effect, consequently, this application can also reduce intensity of labour, practices thrift the manpower, improves detection effect.

Optionally, the solid couplant assembly 120 of the present embodiment comprises: the solid couplant comprises a solid couplant body 121 and a connecting part 122, wherein the connecting part 122 is arranged on one side, close to the sound-transmitting window 111, of the solid couplant body 121, the sound-transmitting window 111 is embedded in the connecting part 122, and the sound-transmitting window 111 is attached to the solid couplant body 121.

The solid couplant body 121 of the present embodiment has a structural tissue density similar to that of human tissue, and has stable physical properties, low ultrasonic reflection loss, low generated acoustic characteristic impedance, low acoustic attenuation coefficient, and improved detection effect.

The sound-transmitting window 111 is attached to the solid couplant body 121, so that air between the sound-transmitting window 111 and the solid couplant body 121 is reduced, and the detection effect can be improved.

The connecting portion 122 of the present embodiment is an annular connecting portion, and is disposed around the periphery of the couplant body 121, so that the connecting portion 122 and the solid couplant body 121 form a groove, and the sound-transmitting window 111 is embedded in the groove. Of course, in other embodiments, the connecting part may also be a connecting bracket, and the ultrasonic probe is connected with the couplant body through the connecting bracket.

Optionally, a first clamping portion 124 is disposed on one side of the connecting portion 122 close to the sound-transmitting window 111, a second clamping portion 112 is disposed outside a side wall of one end of the probe body 110, and the first clamping portion 124 is matched with the second clamping portion 112, so as to sleeve the solid couplant assembly 120 outside one end of the probe body 110.

The first engaging portion 124 of the present embodiment is a engaging groove, the second engaging portion 112 is a clamping block, and the clamping block is engaged with the engaging groove to fix the solid couplant assembly 120 to the outside of one end of the probe body 110. Of course, in other embodiments, the connecting portion may be connected to the probe body through other structures or other manners, such as an adhesive manner or a threaded structure.

The connecting part 122 of the embodiment can sleeve the solid couplant component 120 outside one end of the probe body 110, and can reduce the emergence of ultrasonic waves from the connecting part 122; of course, in other embodiments, the solid couplant component may be disposed in other manners with respect to the probe body, such as end-to-end connection, as long as the solid couplant component is fixed to the probe body, and the acoustic window is disposed in close contact with the solid couplant body.

Optionally, the solid couplant assembly 120 of the present embodiment further comprises: and a fixing part 123 arranged on the periphery of the solid couplant body 121 and used for fixing the probe body 110 on the part to be detected.

This embodiment is fixed probe body 110 on waiting to detect the position through fixed part 123, can improve the long-time handheld ultrasonic probe 10 of doctor to fix on waiting to detect the position, lead to intensity of labour big, the manpower is extravagant, the not good problem of detection effect.

Alternatively, the fixing part 123 of the present embodiment is disposed around the periphery of the solid couplant body 121, and forms a disk-shaped structure with the solid couplant body 121. Because the area of the disc-shaped structure is large, and the solid couplant body 121 is uniformly arranged around, the stability of the probe body 110 at the part to be detected can be improved.

In other embodiments, the fixing part may also adopt a structure, such as fixing brackets and the like which are arranged at intervals and uniformly on the periphery of the solid couplant body.

Optionally, the fixing portion 123 of this embodiment is disposed in a plate shape, and a surface of the fixing portion 123 on a side away from the sound-transmitting window 111 is parallel to a surface of the solid couplant body 121 on a side away from the sound-transmitting window 111. By adopting the structure, when the surface of one side of the solid couplant body 121, which is far away from the sound-transmitting window 111, is attached to the part to be detected, each area of the surface of one side of the fixing part 123, which is far away from the sound-transmitting window 111, is attached to the part to be detected, so that the stability of the probe body 110 at the part to be detected can be improved.

Optionally, a surface of the solid couplant body 121 facing away from the sound-transmitting window 111 in the present embodiment protrudes from a surface of the fixing portion 123 facing away from the sound-transmitting window 111. The structure can ensure that the solid couplant body 121 is tightly attached to the part to be detected, and the detection effect can be improved.

Optionally, the solid couplant body 121, the connecting portion 122 and the fixing portion 123 of the embodiment are integrally formed, so that the process and the structure can be simplified.

In other embodiments, in order to save the solid couplant material, the connecting part and the fixing part are formed independently from the solid couplant body, and the connecting part and the fixing part are made of other non-couplant materials. For example, the connecting portion may be made of a waterproof plastic material, and the fixing portion may be made of a material having a certain adsorption function, and the like, which is not limited specifically.

Further, the joint between the surface of one side of the solid couplant body 121 departing from the sound-transmitting window 111 and the surface of one side of the fixing part 123 departing from the sound-transmitting window 111 is in a chamfer arrangement, so that the comfort of a human body when the solid couplant component 120 is fixed on a part to be detected is improved.

The upper end of the solid couplant body 121 of the embodiment is matched with the sound-transmitting window 111, the sound-transmitting window 111 is completely attached to the inner surface of the solid couplant body 121, and the lower end of the solid couplant body 121 is directly contacted with a part to be detected.

The present application further proposes another embodiment of the ultrasonic probe, as shown in fig. 6 to 8, fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a solid couplant component in an embodiment of the ultrasonic probe of the present application; FIG. 7 is a schematic bottom view of a solid couplant assembly of the ultrasound probe of the embodiment of FIG. 6; fig. 8 is a sectional view of the solid couplant assembly of the ultrasonic probe of the embodiment of fig. 6 taken along B-B'. The present embodiment differs from the above embodiments in that: the side of the fixing portion 510 of the solid couplant assembly 50 facing away from the sound-transmitting window (not shown) is disposed in an arc shape, wherein the arc surface is concave towards the side facing away from the sound-transmitting window.

Because of human body has certain elasticity, the position of waiting to detect receives the back of pressing of solid couplant subassembly 50, and the middle zone of waiting to detect the position can be higher than the peripheral zone of waiting to detect the position, consequently, the cambered surface is set to one side that this embodiment deviates from the sound-permeable window (not shown) with fixed part 510, can make fixed part 510 and the better laminating of the position of waiting to detect, can improve the stability of probe body 110 at the position of waiting to detect.

Other structures of the solid couplant assembly 50 of this embodiment are similar to the solid couplant assembly 120 described above and are not described in detail herein.

The present application further proposes another embodiment of an ultrasound probe, as shown in fig. 9 and 10, fig. 9 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of the ultrasound probe of the present application; fig. 10 is a schematic diagram of an exploded structure of the ultrasonic probe of the embodiment of fig. 9. The present embodiment differs from the above embodiments in that: the ultrasonic probe of the present embodiment further includes an adhesive layer 300 disposed on a side of the solid couplant assembly 200 facing away from the sound-transmitting window 102 for fixing the ultrasonic probe to the site to be detected.

The present embodiment can improve the stability of the acoustic probe on the part to be detected by disposing the adhesive layer 300 on the side of the solid couplant assembly 200 away from the sound-transmitting window 102 and fixing the ultrasonic probe on the part to be detected by the adhesive layer 300.

Specifically, the adhesive layer 300 of the present embodiment is disposed on a side of the fixing portion (not shown) of the solid couplant assembly 200 away from the sound transmission window 102, and is used for adhering the fixing portion to the site to be detected, so as to fix the ultrasonic probe to the site to be detected.

And the paste layer 300 is provided with an opening which is arranged corresponding to the solid couplant body 202 to expose the solid couplant body 202, so that the solid couplant body 202 is in direct contact with the part to be detected, and the detection effect is improved.

Optionally, the ultrasound probe of the present embodiment further includes a protective layer 400 disposed on a side of the adhesive layer 300 facing away from the fixing portion 400.

The adhesive layer 300 of this embodiment is a double-sided adhesive layer, one side of which is adhered to a surface of the fixing portion facing away from the sound-transmitting window 102, and the other side of which is adhered to the protective layer 400.

The adhesive layer 300 has an inner peripheral shape similar to the shape facing away from the sound transmission window 102 (or the solid couplant body 202), and an outer peripheral shape that may be circular or square. Of course, in other embodiments, the adhesive layer may cover the solid couplant body completely or partially, and the adhesive layer may be a whole structure or include a plurality of unconnected adhesive portions, which is not limited specifically.

The adhesive layer 300 can adopt acrylic acid or rubber, polypropylene or polyethylene foam and other adhesives, and the carrier of the adhesives can be a film, a single/double coating film, foam, non-woven fabric or elastic fabric and the like; the protective layer 400 may be a flexible sheet or a paper sheet made of a conventional medical polymer material.

The protective layer 400 may cover the adhesive layer 300 and the solid couplant body 202 or only the adhesive layer 300.

In an application scene, the solid couplant component 200 is installed and fixed on the probe body 100, one side of the adhesive layer 300 is attached to the attachment part at the front end of the solid couplant component 200 and attached to the skin surface of the corresponding area of a patient, the solid couplant body 202 is contacted with the skin of the patient, an ultrasonic image is observed manually, after a proper position to be detected is found, a mark is made, the protective layer 400 is taken off, and the adhesive layer 300 is attached to the skin surface of the patient, so that the ultrasonic probe is fixed.

The probe body 100 of the present embodiment is similar to the probe bodies of the previous embodiments, and is not described herein; the solid couplant assembly 200 of this embodiment is similar to the solid couplant assembly of the previous embodiment and is not described in detail herein.

The present application further provides an ultrasonic testing apparatus, as shown in fig. 11, fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the ultrasonic testing apparatus of the present application. The ultrasonic detection apparatus of this embodiment includes a controller 1111 and an ultrasonic probe 1112, and the controller 1111 is connected to the ultrasonic probe 1112 and is configured to control the ultrasonic probe 1112 to perform ultrasonic detection on a to-be-detected portion.

The controller 1111 of the present embodiment may be a control chip or a terminal, etc. The controller 1111 may be wired or wirelessly connected to the ultrasound probe 1112.

The ultrasound probe 1112 is similar to the ultrasound probe described above and will not be described in detail here.

In other embodiments, the controller may also be integrated within the ultrasound probe.

Being different from the prior art, this application ultrasonic probe includes: the ultrasonic probe comprises a probe body, a probe body and a probe body, wherein one end of the probe body is provided with a sound-transmitting window, and the probe body is used for transmitting ultrasonic waves from the sound-transmitting window and receiving echoes of a human body to the ultrasonic waves from the sound-transmitting window; and the solid couplant component is arranged at one end of the probe body, corresponds to the sound transmission window and is used for fixing the probe body on a part to be detected of a human body. Through the mode, the solid couplant is adopted to replace the traditional liquid couplant, so that the problem that the liquid couplant needs to be supplemented due to insufficient liquid couplant at a part to be detected along with the movement and rotation of the ultrasonic probe can be solved, and the problem that the comfort is low due to large-area coverage of the liquid couplant can be solved, so that the convenience and the comfort of using the solid couplant can be improved; simultaneously, the solid couplant subassembly of this application can fix the probe body on waiting to detect the position, can improve the long-time handheld ultrasonic probe of doctor to fix on waiting to detect the position, it is big to lead to intensity of labour, and the manpower is extravagant, the not good problem of detection effect, consequently, this application can also reduce intensity of labour, practices thrift the manpower, improves detection effect.

This application ultrasonic probe and ultrasonic testing device need not liquid couplant, need not directly paint on skin like traditional couplant, can effectively prevent cross infection between the patient, improves patient's ultrasonic testing's comfort level simultaneously.

Compared with the traditional liquid couplant, the solid couplant has the advantages that the structural tissue density is similar to that of human tissues, the physical performance is stable, the ultrasonic reflection loss is low, the generated acoustic characteristic impedance is low, the acoustic attenuation coefficient is low in ultrasonic detection, the imaging definition can be effectively improved by about 20% -30%, the imaging definition has high conductivity, the diagnosis accuracy of doctors can be improved, early lesions and slight lesions can be found, and the solid couplant has important significance for the medical health development of human beings.

The ultrasonic probe and the ultrasonic detection device can be used for solving the ultrasonic detection of special parts, such as breasts, laryngeal structures, blood vessels, private parts, musculoskeletal bones and the like. Meanwhile, the ultrasonic probe and the ultrasonic detection device can also realize intraoperative diagnosis, are convenient and stable to fix, can reduce the labor intensity of doctors, reduce labor waste and ensure a better detection effect.

The above description is only an embodiment of the present application, and not intended to limit the scope of the present application, and all equivalent mechanisms or equivalent processes performed by the present application and the contents of the appended drawings, or directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are all included in the scope of the present application.

Claims

1. An ultrasound probe, characterized in that it comprises:

the ultrasonic probe comprises a probe body, a probe body and a probe body, wherein one end of the probe body is provided with a sound-transmitting window, and the probe body is used for transmitting ultrasonic waves from the sound-transmitting window and receiving echoes of a human body to the ultrasonic waves from the sound-transmitting window;

and the solid couplant component is arranged at one end of the probe body, corresponds to the sound transmission window and is used for fixing the probe body on the part to be detected of the human body.

2. The ultrasound probe of claim 1, further comprising: and the pasting layer is arranged on one side of the solid couplant component, which is deviated from the sound transmission window, and is used for pasting and fixing the ultrasonic probe on the part to be detected.

3. The ultrasound probe of claim 2, further comprising: and the protective layer is arranged on one side of the pasting layer, which is far away from the solid couplant component.

4. The ultrasound probe of claim 2, wherein the solid couplant assembly comprises: the solid couplant comprises a solid couplant body and a connecting portion, wherein the connecting portion is arranged on one side, close to the sound transmission window, of the solid couplant body, the sound transmission window is embedded in the connecting portion, and the sound transmission window is attached to the solid couplant body.

5. The ultrasonic probe of claim 4, wherein a first clamping portion is disposed on a side of the connecting portion close to the sound-transmitting window, a second clamping portion is disposed outside the side wall of the one end of the probe body, and the first clamping portion is matched with the second clamping portion to sleeve the solid couplant assembly outside the one end of the probe body.

6. The ultrasound probe of claim 4, wherein the solid couplant assembly further comprises: the fixing part is arranged on the periphery of the solid couplant body;

the pasting layer is arranged on one side, deviating from the sound-transmitting window, of the fixing part and used for pasting the fixing part on the part to be detected, the pasting layer is provided with a hole, and the hole corresponds to the solid couplant body.

7. The ultrasonic probe according to claim 6, wherein the solid couplant body, the connecting portion and the fixing portion are integrally formed.

8. The ultrasonic probe according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the fixing portion is circumferentially provided on the outer periphery of the solid couplant body and forms a disk-like structure with the solid couplant body.

9. The ultrasonic probe according to claim 8, wherein the fixing portion is provided in a plate shape, and a surface of a side of the fixing portion facing away from the sound-transmitting window is parallel to a surface of a side of the solid couplant body facing away from the sound-transmitting window;

or one side of the fixing part, which is deviated from the sound-transmitting window, is arranged in an arc surface, wherein the arc surface is inwards concave towards one side, which is deviated from the sound-transmitting window.

10. The ultrasonic probe of claim 9, wherein a side surface of the solid couplant body facing away from the sound-transmitting window protrudes from a side surface of the fixing portion facing away from the sound-transmitting window.

11. An ultrasonic testing device, characterized in that the ultrasonic testing device comprises a controller and the ultrasonic probe of any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the controller is connected with the ultrasonic probe and is used for controlling the ultrasonic probe to perform ultrasonic testing on the part to be tested.