SLIDE MECHANISM FOR ULTRASONIC PROBES, ULTRASONIC CHECKUP DEVICE, AND ULTRASONIC CHECKUP METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To secure steady propagation of ultrasonic waves between an ultrasonic probe and a subject and enable the ultrasonic probe to be readily slid toward the subject.;SOLUTION: A slide mechanism for ultrasonic probes is equipped with belt-shaped sheets and at least two rollers. The rollers, arranged inside the sheets, are intended to shift the sheets in the scanning direction of ultrasonic checkup. The slide mechanism for ultrasonic probes, while using the outer face of one of the two sheets in direct or indirect contact with each other between the two rollers as a face for direct or indirect contact with a subject to be examined by the ultrasonic checkup, uses the outer face of the other as a face for direct or indirect contact with the ultrasonic probe used in the ultrasonic checkup.;SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1;COPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT