Ultrasonically guided biopsies in three dimensions

US11006923B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. · NL

Inventors

• Gary Lee Andrews · Eindhoven, NL
• Vijay Parthasarathy · Sunnyvale, US
• Gary Cheng-How Ng · Redmond, US
• Douglas A. Stanton · Ossining, US
• Andrew Lee Robinson · Kirkland, US
• Jochen Kruecker · Andover, US
• Christopher Stephen Hall · Kirkland, US
• James Robertson Jago · Seattle, US
• Vijay Thakur Shamdasani · Kenmore, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 28, 2013
• Grant date: May 18, 2021
• Expiry date: May 8, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2090/0807
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An ultrasound system includes a 3D imaging probe and a needle guide which attaches to the probe for guidance of needle insertion into a volumetric region which can be scanned by the 3D imaging probe. The needle guide responds to the insertion of a needle through the guide by identifying a plane for scanning by the probe which is the insertion plane through which the needle will pass during insertion. The orientation of the insertion plane is communicated to the probe to cause the probe to scan the identified plane and produce images of the needle as it travels through the insertion plane.