Patent ID: 11877891
Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An ultrasound bronchoscope comprising:
a distal end part that has an ultrasound transducer array in which a plurality of ultrasound transducers are arranged;
a bending part that is coupled to a proximal end of the distal end part and is bendable in two directions;
a flexible part that is coupled to a proximal end of the bending part;
a cable that is inserted into the flexible part; and
a flexible substrate that electrically connects the plurality of ultrasound transducers and the cable, and includes a plurality of electrode pads connected to the plurality of ultrasound transducers, respectively,
wherein the cable has:
a plurality of non-coaxial cables each of which includes a first cable bundle including a plurality of signal wires and a plurality of ground wires, and a first shield layer which coats the first cable bundle; and
an outer coat which coats the plurality of non-coaxial cables,
the flexible substrate extends from the distal end part through the bending part into the flexible part,
the distal end part has a structure for regulating a rotation direction of the flexible substrate, such that the flexible substrate is bendable in the same two directions as the bending part,
in the flexible part, the signal wires led out from each first cable bundle are electrically bonded to the electrode pads in a plurality of first electrical bonded portions on the flexible substrate.