Patent ID: 8277471

Claim:
A medical ultrasound handpiece comprising: a) a medical ultrasound transducer assembly including a metallic end-mass component, a piezoelectric transducer disk, and an electrode axially abutting the piezoelectric transducer disk, wherein the piezoelectric transducer disk is disposed distal the end-mass component and is in electrical contact with the electrode; b) an annular connector assembly which surrounds an outer periphery of the medical ultrasound transducer assembly, which is in electrical contact with the electrode, and which is electrically connectable to an ultrasound electric generator, wherein the medical ultrasound transducer assembly is laterally movable within a central void of the annular connector assembly; and c) a cable socket having an outer wall defining a central recess, wherein the outer wall of the cable socket has connector pins electrically connectable to a distal end of an electric cable, and wherein the connector assembly has connector pins which are engagable with the connector pins of the outer wall of the cable socket when the metallic end-mass component is disposed within the central recess of the cable socket.