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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2016
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Shyam Bharat, Cambridge, MA (US);
Ramon Quido Erkamp, Cambridge, MA (US);
Man Nguyen, Cambridge, MA (US);
Jean-Luc Robert, Cambridge, MA (US);
Sheng-Wen Huang, Cambridge, MA (US);
Jochen Kruecker, Cambridge, MA (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An acoustic probe connectable to an imaging system. The acoustic probe has a substrate with first and second principal surfaces, at least one device insertion port comprising an opening passing through the substrate from the first principal surface to the second principal surface, and an array of acoustic transducer elements supported by the substrate and disposed around the at least one device insertion port. The acoustic probe comprising an instrument guide disposed within the device insertion port, the instrument guide being configured to selectively allow the interventional device to move freely within the device insertion port and to selectively lock the interventional device within the device insertion port in response to a user input via a user interface connected to the acoustic probe.