Mechanical waveguide provided with a marker thereon

US11000880B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• LES SOLUTIONS MÉDICALES SOUNDBITE INC. · CA

Inventors

• Louis-Philippe Riel · Sherbrooke, CA
• Steven Dion · Sherbrooke, CA
• Martin Brouillette · Sherbrooke, CA
• Wayne Bruce Cornish · Fallbrook, US
• Manuel Charlebois-Menard · Sherbrooke, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 25, 2017
• Grant date: May 11, 2021
• Expiry date: Jul 5, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B06B2201/76
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A device for transmitting mechanical waves, including a mechanical waveguide having an elongated shape and extending between a proximal end and a distal end for propagating the mechanical waves coupled at the proximal end up to the distal end, and a radiopaque marker secured to the mechanical waveguide adjacent to the distal end thereof.