Neoprobe Corporation

Beth A Kizer

Daniel A Kramer

Maaike Louise Evers

James S Couch

William Godwin Atterbury

Jan B Yates

Steve W Stracener

Marty J Warnecke

Console for controlling a radiation probe

A surgical probe wherein a heat sterilizable and reusable detector component is combined with a disposable handle and cable assembly. The reusable detector component incorporates a detector crystal and associated mountings along with preamplifier components. It is formed having a positioning shaft extending therefrom to a contact supporting surface carrying a pattern of electrical contact surfaces. Two orientation bosses are formed with the positioning shaft. The disposable handle employs an insert member having a receiving cavity. The electrical contact carrying tip of the shaft engages an elastomeric seal and moves into electrical engagement with a pattern of electrical contacts mounted within the handle in conjunction with a permanently affixed flexible cable.

Surgical probe apparatus and system

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Columbus, OH, United States of America

Beth A Kizer