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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2004
Applicants:
Ryoko Kisen, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Furuta, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Ryoko Kisen, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Furuta, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A needle guide includes a straight conduit having a linear passage of an inner diameter that allows passage of the needle and a funnel for increasing the diameter of an opening of the straight conduit at a second end wherein a distance from a center of an opening of the funnel to an ultrasonic probe body is larger than a distance from a center of an opening of the straight conduit at a first end to the ultrasonic probe body.