PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cordless probe free of constraints on an operators way to hold the probe, and unnecessary to install two or more transceivers, and to provide an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus.SOLUTION: The cordless probe, provided with a housing and a transducer 16 arranged on a surface of the housing to send and receive an ultrasound, includes: an electrode 17 arranged to touch a subject in a condition that an ultrasonic transmitting/receiving surface 15 of the transducer 16 is in touch with the subject and a transmitting/receiving circuit configured to apply an AC voltage to the electrode 17 and to detect the AC voltage received by the electrode.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】操作者のプローブの持ち方に制約がなく、また送受信部を複数設ける必要がないコードレスプローブ及び超音波診断装置を提供する。【解決手段】筐体と、筐体の一面に配置され、超音波を送受信するトランスデューサ16とを備える。トランスデューサ16の超音波送受信面15が被検体に当接された状態において被検体に接するように配置された電極17と、電極17に対する交流電圧の印加、および電極が受信した交流電圧の検出を行う送受信回路とを備える。【選択図】図2B
