Imaging probe
AssigneeB-K Medical Aps
InventorNIELS-CHRISTIAN SASADY
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Abstract
An imaging probe includes a first nub protruding from an elongate housing in a direction away from the long axis and configured to be grasped by a robot apparatus performing a procedure of the object or subject to position the imaging probe in connection with a region of interest of the subject or object to image the region of interest with the probe. The imaging probe further includes at least one other nub located on and protruding from the elongate housing in a direction away from the long axis and configured to be grasped by a robot apparatus performing the procedure to facilitate grasping the first nub by the robot apparatus.
Claims29
An imaging probe, comprising:
- an elongate housing with a first end region including a transducer array for scanning a subject or object and a second end region including probe electronics, wherein the elongate housing extends along a long axis of the probe;
- a first nub protruding from the elongate housing in a direction away from the long axis and configured to be grasped by a robot apparatus performing a procedure of the object or subject to position the imaging probe in connection with a region of interest of the subject or object to image the region of interest with the probe;
- at least one other nub located on and protruding from the elongate housing in a direction away from the long axis and configured to be grasped by a robot apparatus performing the procedure to facilitate grasping the first nub by the robot apparatus;
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- an electrical interface configured to interface the probe electronics to an imaging console.
An imaging probe, comprising:
- an elongate housing with a first end region including a transducer array for scanning a subject or object and a second end region including probe electronics, wherein the elongate housing extends along a long axis of the probe;
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- a first nub protruding from the first end region in a direction away from the long axis and configured to be grasped by a robot apparatus performing a procedure of the object or subject to position the imaging probe in connection with a region of interest of the subject or object to image the region of interest with the probe.
A method, comprising:
- grasping, with a robot apparatus, at least one nub protruding from an imaging probe;
- grasping, with the robot apparatus, a second nub protruding from the imaging probe after grasping the at least one nub with the robot apparatus;
- releasing the grasping of the at least one nub after grasping the second nub;
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- using the second nub to position the imaging probe in connection with a region of interest to scan the region of interest with the probe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.