Selectable Angle Needle Guide for use with Imaging Probes

A guidance device for a needle guide assembly, said device including a body section and a needle guide assembly;

• said body section including a top and bottom surface and a longitudinal dimension and a transverse dimension formed by a plurality of sidewalls configured to receive a forward looking imaging device therein;
• wherein the sidewalls of the body section includes a pair of shorter length short sidewalls and a pair of elongate longer length sidewalls wherein the short sidewalls are generally parallel to each other and the long sidewalls are generally parallel to each other and form an open area therebetween that is configured to allow the insertion of the forward looking imaging device therein and a lip member extending inwardly along a plurality of the sidewalls to contact and engage the forward looking imaging device;
• said needle guide assembly including a pair of elongate leg members having first and second ends and top and bottom surfaces and extending from a sidewall of the body section and wherein the bottom surface of the leg members are generally aligned with the bottom surface of the body section;
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• a guide channel extending between said leg members wherein said guide channel incudes a first and second end with the first end positioned beneath said sidewall of the body section and said second end of said guide channel extends to said second end of said leg member and said guide channel forming an opening extending lengthwise along the leg members and between said top and bottom surfaces of said leg members and along the entire distance between the first and second ends thereof.

A guidance device for a needle guide assembly,

• said device including a body section and a needle guide assembly;
• said body section including a top and bottom surface and a longitudinal dimension and a transverse dimension formed by a plurality of sidewalls configured to receive a forward looking imaging device therein;
• wherein the sidewalls of the body section includes a pair of shorter length short sidewalls and a pair of elongate longer length sidewalls wherein the short sidewalls are generally parallel to each other and the long sidewalls are generally parallel to each other and form an open area therebetween that is configured to allow the insertion of the forward looking imaging device therein and a lip member extending inwardly along a plurality of the sidewalls to contact and engage the forward looking imaging device;
• said needle guide assembly including a pair of elongate leg members having first and second ends and top and bottom surfaces and extending from a sidewall of the body section and wherein the bottom surface of the leg members are generally aligned with the bottom surface of the body section and the leg members are detachable from the body section:
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• a guide channel extending between said leg members wherein said guide channel incudes a first and second end with the first end positioned beneath said sidewall of the body section and said second end of said guide channel extends to said second end of said leg member and said guide channel forming an opening extending lengthwise along the leg members and between said top and bottom surfaces of said leg members and along the entire distance between the first and second ends thereof.