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AssigneeSoma Development, LLC
InventorsStephen F. Ridley, M. Dexter Hagy, David George Reed, Craig A. Hidalgo
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Disclosed are medical probe devices and methods for use guiding of percutaneous probes during medical procedures. The probe devices include a clamp that can secure a probe at a targeted location. The devices can be utilized to guide a probe through the probe guide to a percutaneous target. Disclosed clamps can be utilized on probe devices incorporating an ultrasound transducer. In addition, the devices can include a sterilizable shield including a sterile probe guide for use in procedures requiring a sterile field. The sterilizable shield can be a single-use shield that can prevent contamination and re-use of the shield. The devices can define a beneficial geometry conducive to use by a single operator that can be utilized for percutaneous targets near the skin surface.
A medical probe device defining a probe guide therethrough, the probe guide defining a longitudinal axis and providing an unimpeded passageway through the medical probe device for passage of a probe therethrough, the medical probe device comprising a clamp defining a clamping surface, at least a portion of the clamp being moveable from a first position to a second position and in a direction that crosses the longitudinal axis of the probe guide such that a probe is free to move in the probe guide when the clamp is at the first position and such that the clamping surface is in contact with a probe located in the probe guide when the clamp is at the second position, wherein the second position is a clamping position that prevents motion of a probe held in the probe guide.
A medical probe device comprising an ultrasound transducer housing and a sterilizable shield removably cooperable with the ultrasound transducer housing, the sterilizable shield defining a probe guide, the probe guiding defining an axis and providing an unimpeded passageway through the sterilizable shield for passage of a probe therethrough, the medical probe device comprising a clamp defining a clamping surface, at least a portion of the clamp being moveable in a direction that crosses the axis of the probe guide from a first position to a second position such that a probe in the probe guide is free to move when the clamp is at the first position and such that the clamping surface is in contact with a probe in the probe guide when the clamp is at the second position, wherein the second position is a clamping position that prevents motion of a probe held in the probe guide.
A method for guiding a percutaneous probe to a percutaneous target comprising:
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