Global Patent Index - EP 1345706 A1

EP 1345706 A1 20030924 - METHOD FOR MAKING A MULTIELEMENT ACOUSTIC PROBE USING A METALLISED AND ABLATED POLYMER AS GROUND PLANE

Title (en)

METHOD FOR MAKING A MULTIELEMENT ACOUSTIC PROBE USING A METALLISED AND ABLATED POLYMER AS GROUND PLANE

Title (de)

HERSTELLUNGSVERFAHREN EINES SCHALLWANDLERS MIT MEHREREN ELEMENTEN UNTER VERWENDUNG VON EINER METALLISIERTEN UND TEILWEISE FÜR FLÄCHIGEN MASSENKONTAKT ABLATIERTEN POLYMERFOLIE

Title (fr)

PROCEDE DE FABRICATION D'UNE SONDE ACOUSTIQUE MULTIELEMENTS UTILISANT UN FILM POLYMERE METALLISE ET ABLATE COMME PLAN DE MASSE

Publication

EP 1345706 A1 20030924 (FR)

Application

EP 01271261 A 20011211

Priority

  • FR 0103931 W 20011211
  • FR 0016594 A 20001219

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO0249775A1] .The invention concerns a method for making an acoustic probe comprising single-unit piezoelectric transducers. The method comprising an original step, which consists in producing a ground plane consisting of a dielectric flexible film, covered with a conductive film. The dielectric flexible film is locally ablated to expose the conductive film. The thus ablated film serves as skin packaging and ground plane for the single-unit piezoelectric transducers. The invention is applicable to small-dimension endocardial echographic probes.

IPC 1-7

B06B 1/06

IPC 8 full level

A61B 8/00 (2006.01); B06B 1/06 (2006.01); H04R 17/00 (2006.01); H04R 31/00 (2006.01); H10N 30/00 (2023.01); H10N 30/01 (2023.01); H10N 30/02 (2023.01); H10N 30/088 (2023.01); H10N 30/853 (2023.01)

CPC (source: EP KR US)

B06B 1/06 (2013.01 - KR); B06B 1/0622 (2013.01 - EP US); Y10T 29/42 (2015.01 - EP US); Y10T 29/49005 (2015.01 - EP US); Y10T 29/49155 (2015.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

FR IT NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 0249775 A1 20020627; CN 1481284 A 20040310; EP 1345706 A1 20030924; FR 2818170 A1 20020621; FR 2818170 B1 20030307; JP 2004526345 A 20040826; KR 20030062435 A 20030725; US 2004049901 A1 20040318

DOCDB simple family (application)

FR 0103931 W 20011211; CN 01820801 A 20011211; EP 01271261 A 20011211; FR 0016594 A 20001219; JP 2002551105 A 20011211; KR 20037008162 A 20030618; US 45081303 A 20030618