Patent ID: 11918417
Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  Y | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An ultrasound probe comprising:
a transducer array;
a housing body having a battery accommodation portion;
a battery that is accommodated in the battery accommodation portion of the housing body;
a battery cover that is attachably and detachably mounted on the housing body to cover the battery accommodation portion and has an inner surface facing the battery accommodation portion and a cover rib protruding from the inner surface toward the battery accommodation portion; and
an elastically deformable waterproof packing that is disposed between a side surface of the cover rib of the battery cover and the housing body,
wherein the housing body has a recess portion,
the battery accommodation portion has a battery fixing surface which constitutes a bottom portion of the recess portion and to which the battery is fixed, and a sidewall which is surrounded by a side portion of the recess portion and protrudes from the battery fixing surface toward the battery cover,
a void portion is formed between the battery accommodation portion and the side portion of the recess portion,
the cover rib is apart from the side portion of the recess portion and the battery fixing surface,
the sidewall is apart from the inner surface of the battery cover, and
the waterproof packing is elastically compressed between the side surface of the cover rib and the sidewall of the battery accommodation portion, and restrains water from entering the battery accommodation portion from between the housing body and the battery cover.