Robot-assisted tele-echography probe
AssigneeAdvanced Echo Technology
InventorsGwenaël Charron, Eric Lefebvre
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Abstract
A robot-assisted echographic probe that includes an enclosure, an ultrasonic transducer module having a support housing mounted at a distal end of a guide sleeve in a sealed compartment of the enclosure that is separated from a control compartment of the enclosure by a sealed transversal wall, and means for moving the transducer module which are suitable for directing the transducer module along three axes of rotation so as to sweep the inner surface of an enclosure shell of the sealed compartment, the moving means being motor-driven by actuators, at least a portion of the actuators being housed in the control compartment, and the means for moving the transducer module being arranged in the sealed compartment of the enclosure.
Claims16
Robot-assisted echographic probe, comprising an enclosure, an ultrasonic transducer module including a support housing mounted at a distal end of a guide sleeve in a sealed compartment of the enclosure that is separated from a control compartment of said enclosure by a sealed transversal wall, and means for moving said transducer module, adapted to direct said transducer module along three axes of rotation so as to sweep an inner surface of an enclosure shell of the sealed compartment, said means for moving being motor-driven by actuators, at least a portion of said actuators being housed in said control compartment, said means for moving the transducer module being arranged in the sealed compartment of the enclosure.
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