Systems and methods for securing a peripheral ultrasound device

A probe comprising:

• a housing having an interface side;
• a head mounted within an opening in the interface side, the head configured to acquire data points from a patient;
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• a synchronizer having a set of receptacles disposed in a groove extending around the opening, the set of receptacles configured to receive a set of unique keys from a plurality of sets based on an orientation of the set of receptacles to a patient interface, each of the plurality of sets corresponding to an imaging location on the patient.

A device comprising:

• an anchor having a side adapted for attaching to a surface of a target;
• a synchronizer having a plurality of synchronization features corresponding to a plurality of imaging locations on the target, the synchronizer mounted to the anchor;
• a window extending through the anchor and the synchronizer, the plurality of synchronization features positioned around the window, each of the synchronization features including a unique set of keys identifying a particular imaging location from the plurality of imaging locations;
• a probe housing having an interface side;
• a head mounted within an opening in the interface side, the head configured to acquire data points from the target along an imaging direction;
• a set of receptacles disposed adjacent to the opening in the interface side, the set of receptacles configured to match the unique set of keys in one of the synchronization features based on an orientation of the interface side to the window;
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• a recognizer configured to identify the particular imaging location based on the match between the unique set of keys and the set of receptacles.

A method for securing a probe to a patient interface, the method comprising:

• attaching an anchor to a surface of a patient at a particular imaging location, the anchor mounted to a synchronizer having a plurality of synchronization features corresponding to a plurality of imaging locations on the patient, the plurality of synchronization features positioned around a window extending through the anchor and the synchronizer, one of the synchronization features including a unique set of keys identifying the particular imaging location from the plurality of imaging locations;
• aligning a set of receptacles disposed adjacent to an opening in an interface side of a housing of the probe with the unique set of keys;
• and
• coupling a body extending from the opening in the interface side to the synchronizer based on the alignment of the receptacles with the unique set of keys, the coupling positioning a head mounted within the opening in the interface side within the window, the head configured to acquire data points from the patient along an imaging direction at the particular imaging location.