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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 02, 1998
Willet F Whitmore, III, Sarasota, FL (US);
Winston E Barzell, Sarasota, FL (US);
Barzell-Whitmore Maroon Bells, Inc., Sarasota, FL (US);
Abstract
A system for forming a liquid interface between a body tissue and an ultrasound probe which includes an ultrasound transducer. The system including a sheath including a liquid tight sack, wherein the sack covers, when the probe is placed inside the sheath, at least a portion of the probe where the ultrasound transducer is positioned but without covering an underside of the probe located on a diametrically opposite side from where the ultrasound transducer is positioned. The system also includes a tube connected to the sheath, wherein the sack expands to form the liquid interface when a liquid is introduced to the sack via the tube.