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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2006
Shanzhi Huang, Shenzhen, CN;
Mengyue Zhang, Shenzhen, CN;
Jianfeng Zou, Shenzhen, CN;
Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
A structure for attaching a needle guide to an ultrasound probe is provided, which includes a probe casing and a needle guide. The probe casing includes a head part provided at a front side of the probe casing and a grasping part provided at a back side of the probe casing and connected with the head part. The needle guide includes a generally 'C'-shaped or arcuate clip adapted to be clamped onto the probe casing. The probe casing has opposite outer surfaces each being formed with an outwardly opened and elongated guiding slot extended along a front-back direction. The clip has two clamping arms, each clamping arm having an inner surface opposing to that of the other clamping arm, each inner surface being provided with an elongated clamping protrusion adapted to match and fit with the guiding slot of the probe casing. The clamping protrusions provided on the clamping arm extend in a direction generally perpendicular to the protruding direction of the clamping arms. The structure for attaching a needle guide to an ultrasound probe of the present disclosure is advantageous over the existing structures of the prior art in that the structure is simple, the connection is firm, and the operation is convenient.