Medical imaging device attachment apparatus for a cannula

A medical imaging probe attachment apparatus, comprising:

• a cannula handle assembly, the cannula handle assembly including a pair of spaced cannula clamps configured to receive and secure a cannula handle at spaced locations along the cannula handle for conjoined movement with the cannula handle assembly and with a cannula attached to the cannula handle extending in a cannula direction outwardly from the cannula handle assembly along a cannula axis, the cannula handle assembly further including a central portion extending between the spaced cannula clamps and defining a hand space between the central portion and the cannula handle when secured by the cannula clamps to permit a user to grasp the cannula handle for manipulation of the medical imaging probe attachment apparatus;
• a rigid extension arm having opposite first and second ends and a length extending therebetween, the rigid extension arm attached at its first end to the cannula handle assembly for conjoined movement with the cannula handle assembly, the rigid extension arm extending outwardly from the cannula handle assembly in the cannula direction and at a spaced lateral distance from and parallel to the cannula axis;
• wherein the second end of the rigid extension arm is fixed at the spaced lateral distance from the cannula axis;
• wherein the rigid extension arm is adjustably connected at its first end to the cannula handle assembly to selectively adjust the length of the extension arm extending from the cannula handle assembly;
• and
• a probe holder assembly, the probe holder assembly attached to the second end of the rigid extension arm for conjoined movement with the cannula handle assembly, the probe holder assembly having a probe attachment that is configured to removably attach an imaging probe to the probe holder assembly with an imaging end of the imaging probe being located approximate to and facing in a direction toward a distal end of the cannula when the cannula is attached to the cannula handle assembly.