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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2020
Devices, systems, and methods for trans-vaginal, ultrasound-guided hysteroscopic surgical procedures
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Nikolai D. Begg, Wellesley, MA (US);
Chad A. Pickering, Woburn, MA (US);
Lisa M. Quealy, Dracut, MA (US);
Jordan A. Whisler, Brookline, MA (US);
Dalia P. Leibowitz, Cambridge, MA (US);
Timothy J. Wood, Woburn, MA (US);
Alyssa P. Brown, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Bradley T. Marcinek, Westford, MA (US);
Scott J. Prior, Branford, CT (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
An ultrasound device includes a frame and an ultrasound sensor assembly. The frame includes first and second rails spaced-apart relative to one another and a longitudinal section defining a longitudinal axis. The longitudinal section has a distal end portion. The ultrasound sensor assembly configured to enable ultrasound imaging of a field of view and is attached to the distal end portion of the longitudinal section of the frame and oriented such that the field of view is disposed at an oblique angle relative to the longitudinal axis. A surgical system including the ultrasound device and a surgical instrument insertable therethrough is also provided.