Patent ID: 9730677
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: A61B,G01S

Claim:
1. An ultrasonic transducer array probe comprising: a transducer stack having an array of transducer elements coupled to an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) for a transducer array; a thermally conductive frame which is thermally coupled to the transducer stack; a housing comprising a handle portion, the housing enclosing at least a portion of the thermally conductive frame that extends into the handle portion; and a thermally conductive heatspreader which is thermally coupled to the frame and surrounds at least a portion of the frame that extends into the handle portion, wherein the heatspreader includes an outer surface area which aligns with and is thermally coupled to an inner surface area of the housing, and wherein the heatspreader comprises two clamshell halves disposed in the handle portion which surround a perimeter of the frame within the handle portion.