PROBE FOR TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY WITH SEALING MEMBRANE INTEGRALLY ATTACHED TO THE ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER

摘要

An aspect of the invention concerns a transient elastography probe (100) comprising: - a probe body (101); - an ultrasound transducer (103) configured for generating an ultrasound beam along an axis, the ultrasound beam being generated from a face (107) of the ultrasound transducer (103); - a vibrator (102) located inside the probe body (101) and designed to induce a movement of the ultrasound transducer (103) along a predefined axis; the ultrasound transducer (103) being mounted on the vibrator (102) in such a way that the predefined axis and axis of the ultrasound beam are coincident, characterised in that it comprises a sealing membrane (104) matching the outer contours of the ultrasound transducer (103).