Patent ID: 8773953

Claim:
A transducer assembly for an echoscope, comprising: a first row of ultrasonic transducers and a second row of ultrasonic transducers, wherein: the first row of ultrasonic transducers forms part of a first transducer element, the second row of ultrasonic transducers forms part of a second transducer element, the first transducer element and the second transducer element are detachably connectable to one another in at least two positions to form a composite transducer element, when the first transducer element and the second transducer element are detachably connected in a first position, the first row of ultrasonic transducers is arranged substantially in line with the second row of ultrasonic transducers, and when the first transducer element and the second transducer element are detachably connected in a second position, the first row of ultrasonic transducers is arranged at an angle with respect to the second row of ultrasonic transducers.