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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2014
B-k Medical Aps, Herlev, DK;
Niels-Christian Sasady, Frederiksberg, DK;
Per Ehrenreich Nygaard, Soeborg, DK;
John Antol, Nahant, MA (US);
BK Medical APS, Herlev, DK;
Abstract
An instrument guide () for a probe head () of an ultrasound imaging probe () that includes a transducer array () with a plurality of transducer elements () and an image plane. The instrument guide includes a probe support region () having a long axis () and configured to receive the probe head. The instrument guide further includes a first guide bracket () extending from a first side of the support region in a direction of the long axis. The instrument guide further includes a second guide bracket () extending from a second side of the support region in a direction transverse to the long axis. The instrument guide further includes a first guide () disposed in the first guide bracket. The instrument guide further includes a second guide () disposed in the second guide bracket.