Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

John Bench Caswell

Dino Francesco Cuscuna

Michael Peszynski

Michael J Wight

Kathryn Therese Jinks

Steven Michael Tavoletti

Eugenijus Jagminas

Edward Chan

Sujith Kanakasabhapathi

Brian Michael Bishop

An ultrasound probe includes a housing configured to be grasped by a user, a transducer array coupled to the housing and configured to obtain ultrasound data, and an acoustic window disposed over the transducer array. The acoustic window comprises an end surface configured to contact a subject. The end surface comprises a compound shape including one or more curved sections and one or more straight sections. Associated methods, devices, and systems are also provided.

Acoustic window with compound shape for ultrasound probe

A steerable catheter comprises a transducer that is situated at a flexible distal end, and is coupled to the handle of the catheter via an insertion tube. The flexible distal end is controlled by a plurality of articulation pull-cables that extend from an articulation control device in the handle to the far end of the distal end, such that when one articulation pull-cable is pulled, and the opposing articulation pull-cable is slackened, the flexible distal end bends in the direction of the tensioned articulation pull-cable. To minimize pull-resistance over time, while still providing insertion-tube flexibility, inserts having pull-cable lumens are situated in the insertion tube to isolate each articulation pull-cable from each other, and from other cables that couple the transducer to the handle.

Pull-cable management for steerable catheter

An ultrasound imaging probe includes an ultrasound transducer assembly configured to obtain imaging data associated with a body of a patient; a chassis () fixedly secured to the ultrasound transducer assembly; a plurality of heat spreader members () positioned around the chassis and configured to provide a thermal path for heat generated by the ultrasound transducer assembly while obtaining the imaging data, wherein the plurality of heat spreader members is movably coupled to the chassis; and a housing () positioned around the plurality of heat spreader members, wherein the plurality of heat spreader members is configured to move relative to the chassis when the housing is positioned around the plurality of heat spreader members.

Ultrasound probe with moveable heat spreader and cable strain relief

A medical imaging device connector assembly () for connecting a medical imaging device () to a terminal of a medical imaging system () is provided. The medical imaging device connector assembly includes a first housing () including an opening () sized and shaped to receive at least one electrical connector (), a second housing (), a first internal frame () configured to be secured to the first housing, a second internal frame () configured to be secured to the second housing, and at least one printed circuit board () disposed between the first internal frame and the second internal frame when the first internal frame is secured to the second internal frame.

Medical imaging device connector assembly

Ultrasound probe

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