Patent ID: 8506490

Claim:
An external ultrasound probe comprising: a case having an enclosed volume; a fluid disposed within said enclosed volume; an ultrasound transducer array disposed for reciprocal pivotal movement about a pivot axis within said enclosed volume, said ultrasound transducer array comprising a plurality of ultrasonic transducers disposed along the pivot axis, wherein said ultrasound transducer array is supportably cantilevered from a proximal end of the enclosed volume and said ultrasound transducer array is otherwise free from engagement with said case; and at least a first electrical interconnection member, electrically interconnected to said ultrasound transducer array, and having a first portion disposed within said enclosed volume and helically disposed about said pivot axis, wherein upon said reciprocal pivotal movement said helically disposed first portion of said first electrical interconnection member tightens and loosens about said pivot axis.