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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2025
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Waukesha, WI (US);
Christopher Beers, State College, PA (US);
Melanie Ann Keim, Pennsylvania Furnace, PA (US);
Fredrik Gran, Limhamn, SE;
GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Abstract
A side-fire ultrasound imaging probe is configured for an image-guided neurosurgery procedure through a burr hole in a skull of a patient. The side-fire ultrasound imaging probe includes an elongated shaft with a first end region, a second opposing end region, a long axis, at least a first rigid transducer array and a second rigid transducer array arranged in the first end region along the long axis of the elongated shaft, and an articulating region between the at least the first rigid transducer array and the second rigid transducer array. The side-fire ultrasound imaging probe further includes a handle with a first end region, wherein the first end region of the handle is coupled to the second opposing end region of the elongated shaft. A largest cross-sectional dimension of the first end region is smaller than a diameter of the burr hole in the skull of the patient.