Patent ID: 11857364
Assignee: FUJIFILM SONOSITE, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  F | IPC A  F

Claim 12:
13. An ultrasound transducer probe comprising:
a probe array assembly including a transducer array having a top side and a bottom side opposite to the top side, and one or more return planes including a first conductive return plane on the top side of the transducer array and a second conductive return plane on the bottom side of the transducer array;
a first enclosure disposed around a portion of the probe array assembly, the first enclosure having a first opening and a second opening, wherein the first enclosure comprises a first clamshell half and a second clamshell half that are coupled together via lap joints along sides of the first clamshell half and the second clamshell half;
a second enclosure disposed around the first enclosure and having a third clamshell half and a fourth clamshell half, wherein the third clamshell half of the second enclosure is coupled to the first clamshell half of the first enclosure using mechanical interlocks, wherein the fourth clamshell half of the second enclosure is coupled to the second clamshell half of the first enclosure using mechanical interlocks;
one or more thermally conductive fins within the first enclosure and comprising a metal, at least one of the one or more thermally conductive fins having a first end portion enclosed within the probe array assembly and a second end portion extending away from the probe array assembly in a first plane and in thermal contact with an inner surface of the first enclosure to create a thermal path from the first opening to the second opening in the first enclosure; and
one or more electrically conductive electromagnetic interference (EMI) gaskets coupled to the one or more return planes of the probe array assembly and the inner surface of the first enclosure, the one or more EMI gaskets including a first EMI gasket that mates with and is on the first conductive return plane to provide a direct electrical contact from the first conductive return plane on the top side of the transducer array, via the first EMI gasket, to the inner surface of the first enclosure and a second EMI gasket that mates with and is on the second conductive return plane to provide the direct electrical contact from the second conductive return plane on the bottom side of the transducer array, via the second EMI gasket, to the inner surface of the first enclosure to create a full Faraday cage.