Arrays made from flexible transducer elements

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B06B 1/06 (2006.01) A61N 7/00 (2006.01)

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CA 2330323

Large-area flexible piezoelectric composite transducer elements and large-area arrays of such transducer elements have sufficient flexibility to conform to the contours of the human anatomy, e.g., the hip, spine. These transducer elements and arrays support at least 2.0 mm deflection under flexural bending, facilitating the more efficient coupling and transfer of acoustic energy to the body. The two techniques for fabrication processing are the spiral fiber method and the dice-and-fill method. The transducer system incorporates a flexible matching layer and a flexible housing fabricated with the same polymer component used in the array and matching layer. The resulting flexible transducer system allows for medical therapeutic applications as promoting the healing of bone fractures and tissue wounds at any section or multiple sections of the human anatomy, and can be extended to medical diagnostic ultrasound and nondestructive testing applications.

La présente invention concerne des éléments transducteurs piézo-électriques composites souples de grande surface, et d'autre part des matrices de grande surface de tels éléments transducteurs présentant une souplesse suffisante pour épouser la forme de l'anatomie humaine, et notamment la hanche et la colonne vertébrale. Ces éléments transducteurs et leurs matrices admettent une inflexion d'au moins 2 mm sous incurvation de fléchissement, ce qui favorise un couplage et un transfert plus efficace de l'énergie acoustique sur le corps. Les deux techniques de fabrication retenues sont le procédé à fibre spirale et le procédé lancer et remplir. Le système de transducteurs inclut une couche de conformation souple et un carter souple fabriqué dans le même polymère que celui utilisé pour la matrice et la couche de conformation. Ce système de transducteurs souple convient à des applications thérapeutiques médicales telles que favoriser une guérison des fractures osseuse et des lésions tissulaires en un ou plusieurs points de l'anatomie humaine. Ce système peut également être étendu aux applications médicales de diagnostic aux ultrasons et de tests non destructifs.

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