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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2013
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Gary Lee Andrews, Eindhoven, NL;
Vijay Parthasarathy, Mount Kisco, NY (US);
Gary Cheng-How Ng, Redmond, WA (US);
Douglas Allen Stanton, Ossining, NY (US);
Andrew Lee Robinson, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jochen Kruecker, Washington, DC (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An ultrasound system includes a 3D imaging probe and a needle guide which attaches to the probe for guidance of the insertion of multiple needles into a volumetric region which can be scanned by the 3D imaging probe. The needle guide responds to the insertion of a needle through the guide by identifying a plane for scanning by the probe which is the insertion plane through which the needle will pass during insertion. The orientation of the insertion plane is communicated to the probe to cause the probe to scan the identified plane and produce images of the needle as it travels through the insertion plane.