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US 7,811,265 B2Granted
Ultrasonic probe with positioning device for examination devices and operation devices
AssigneeInnovaCell Biotechnologie GmbH
InventorsSteffen Hering, Rainer Marksteiner, Hannes Strasser
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Abstract
An ultrasonic probe with an ultrasonic head (K), which is arranged on or in a shaft (S) and is moveable with or in this shaft, and a positioning apparatus (P) for at least one examination or operating device is described, which is connected with the shaft. Also, medical operating apparatuses with examination probes and uses of the ultrasonic probe and the medical implements are described.
Claims21
A positioning apparatus for at least one examination probe comprising:
- a rigid shaft having at least one working channel for receiving an examination probe, said rigid shaft having first and second ends and an outer major side surface therebetween and a shaft axis;
- a puncture guide attached on the outer major side surface of the shaft, the puncture guide having at least one tube-shaped lumen for receiving an examination or operating device;
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- a deflecting device attached on the outer major side surface of the shaft, wherein:
- the lumen extends through the deflecting device, wherein an end of the lumen has a curved course relative to the shaft axis, so that the end of the lumen forms a predetermined deflecting angle with the shaft axis,
- the lumen and the deflecting device can be displaced relative to the shaft at a predetermined distance parallel to the shaft axis, and
- at least one of the lumen and the deflecting device is arranged for adjusting the examination or operating device in a predetermined manner with the deflecting angle relative to the shaft axis or for displacing the examination or operating device.
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A positioning apparatus for at least one examination probe comprising:
- a rigid shaft having at least one working channel for receiving an examination probe, said rigid shaft having a longitudinal shaft axis, first and second ends and an outer major side surface therebetween;
- a puncture guide mounted on the outer major side surface of the rigid shaft, the puncture guide having at least one tube-shaped lumen for receiving an examination or operating device;
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- a deflecting device mounted on the outer major side surface of the rigid shaft, wherein:
- the lumen extends through the deflecting device, wherein an end of the lumen has a curved course relative to the longitudinal shaft axis, so that the end of the lumen forms a predetermined deflecting angle with the longitudinal shaft axis such that the end of the lumen is directed away from the shaft axis,
- the lumen and the deflecting device can be displaced relative to the rigid shaft at a predetermined distance parallel to the longitudinal shaft axis, and
- at least one of the lumen and the deflecting device is arranged for adjusting the examination or operating device in a predetermined manner with the deflecting angle relative to the longitudinal shaft axis or for displacing the examination or operating device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.