Patent SG-11201804701Q-A (SG)
Title: Compact ultrasound device having annular ultrasound array peripherally electrically connected to flexible printed circuit board and method of assembly thereof
Inventor: BROWN JEREMY
IPC: B06B1/06
Filed: 2017-01-16
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property -' Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date ..... ...sr ,„,„1 27 July 2017 (27.07.2017) WIPO I P C T ID Hit (10) WO International 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 2017/127328 Publication Al Number IIIIIIIIIIIIIIItIIIIIIIIIIIIIII (51) International Patent Classification: BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, B06B 1/06 (2006.01) B06B 1/02 (2006.01) DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KB, KN, (21) International Application Number: KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, PCT/US2017/013657 MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, (22) International Filing Date: NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, 16 January 2017 (16.01.2017) RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, (25) Filing Language: English ZA, ZM, ZW. (26) Publication Language: English (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (30) Priority Data: kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, 62/280,038 18 January 2016 (18.01.2016) US GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, (71) Applicant: ULTHERA, INC. [US/US]; 1840 South TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, Stapley Drive, Suite 200, Mesa, AZ 85204 (US). DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, (72) Inventors: BROWN, Jeremy, A.; 1840 South Stapley SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, Drive, Suite 200, Mesa, AZ 85204 (US). LEADBETTER, Jeffrey, R.; 1840 South Stapley Drive, Suite 200, Mesa, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). AZ 85204 (US). EMERY, Charles, D.; 1840 South Declarations under Rule 4.17: Stapley Drive, Suite 200, Mesa, AZ 85204 (US). — as to applicant's entitlement to apply for and be granted a (74) Agent: ALTMAN, Daniel, E.; Knobbe Martens Olsen & patent (Rule 4.170) Bear LLP, 2040 Main Street, 14th Floor, Irvine, CA 92614 as to the applicant's entitlement to claim the priority of the (US). earlier application (Rule 4.17 (iii)) Designated States indicated, (81) (unless otherwise for every Published: kind AE, AG, AL, AM, of national protection available): — with international search report (Art 21(3)) AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, Title: COMPACT ULTRASOUND DEVICE HAVING ANNULAR ULTRASOUND ARRAY PERIPHERALLY ELECTRIC- (54) ALLY CONNECTED TO FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY THEREOF (57) : Ultrasound devices, and associated methods of .— 1 8B disclosed ' assembly thereof, are whereby an annular electrode 1 is electrically connectedto a I array of an ultrasound transducer del flexible circuit board includes an elongate flexible segment /25 and a distal distribution segment, where the distribution seg- flexiblele in fl ib gur tio ute a d c n oi n tacet e n n t p i lude r int c ed c s ir a cu p it tur bo a ld of a spatially compact distributed ment is attached to a peripheral support ring that surrounds at 15 — least a portion of the ultrasound transducer. The distribution between pads, and electrical connections are provided the contact pads and the annular electrodes of the annular array. 172 A backing material may be provided that contacts and extends I from the annular array electrodes, and a distal portion of the %tif0 elongate flexible segment may be encapsulated in the backing *NO %Nuni. distal inwardly from material, such that the portion extends 11 1754 110\ .4t 111 91 t an ilIntimolilll 1111111•111 1 1 a l 11.1 160 the peripheral support ring, without contacting the electrical connections and without contacting the array surface. 1751/ 175S GC 11:!111 1750 el 150 en ,..,...2i, leme aiii of w i g IN 175C- 1750 / 751\"F el 4- 1 8B 11 N FIG. 8A 1-1 o N O