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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 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, Wilmington, 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
A surgical system includes an ultrasound device and a surgical instrument. The ultrasound device includes a shaft having a body defining a longitudinal axis and including a lumen extending coaxially therethrough, and an ultrasound sensor assembly configured to enable ultrasound imaging of a field of view. The ultrasound sensor assembly is disposed at a distal end portion of the body of the shaft, offset relative to the longitudinal axis, and oriented such that the field of view is offset relative to the longitudinal axis. The surgical instrument is configured for removable insertion through the lumen of the body of the shaft and to extend distally from the distal end portion of the body of the shaft.