Semi-compliant needle guide for use with ultrasound transducers

Semi-compliant needle guide for use with ultrasound transducers

A needle guide having a semi-compliant shell design and locating means for attachment to an ultrasound transducer. The needle guide improves over the prior art in its reduced complexity, its low-profile formed fit to the transducer, a positive guide locking feature when the needle holding pin is in...

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Hauptverfasser: CHEADLE, NANCY A, LYON, RICHARD, BERTUCCELLI, RANDAL J, HENDERSON, RICHARD W, RUVOLO, KATHLEEN A, SLIWA, JR., JOHN WILLIAM, MESAROS, ROBERT, PARK, WILLIAM J, MACINNES, BRIAN S
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
DIAGNOSIS
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
SURGERY
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Zusammenfassung:A needle guide having a semi-compliant shell design and locating means for attachment to an ultrasound transducer. The needle guide improves over the prior art in its reduced complexity, its low-profile formed fit to the transducer, a positive guide locking feature when the needle holding pin is in the closed position, and its ease of attachment over a sterile cover. The improved design is conducive to low-cost manufacturing methods which employ materials that can be autoclaved, gas-sterilized, or liquid disinfected.