Ultrasound probe with an integrated needle assembly and a computer program product, a method and a system for providing a path for inserting a needle of the ultrasound probe

A device comprising:

• an ultrasound probe housing having an ambient side and a body side, the ultrasound probe housing containing a plurality of ultrasound probes configured to generate ultrasound waves, wherein the ultrasound waves are configured to produce images of inside a body of a patient, and wherein the ultrasound probes are positioned to provide a viewable image field that is at least in part beneath the body side of the ultrasound probe housing;
• a guide channel cut-out or aperture that extends through the ultrasound probe housing from the ambient side to the body side and through the plurality of ultrasound probes, the guide channel cut-out or aperture being adapted to accommodate passage of a needle there through for insertion into the body of the patient such that the needle is in the viewable image field that is at least in part beneath the body side of the ultrasound probe housing upon insertion into the body of the patient;
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• one or more adhesion points located on the body side of the ultrasound probe housing, each of the one or more adhesion points being configured to adhere the ultrasound probe housing in location on the body of the patient, wherein at least one of the one or more adhesion points comprises one or more holes in the body side of the ultrasound probe housing and wherein each of the one or more holes comprise a source of skin adhesive.