Ultrasound guided therapeutic and diagnostic device
US6171249A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 13, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jan 9, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 13, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2090/378
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A medical instrument having a shaft with a bending neck, an ultrasound device at a distal end of the bending neck, a working channel extending through the shaft with a tubular working channel made from superelastic material extending to an opening proximate the ultrasound device, and a biopsy needle located in the working channel. The needle is comprised of superelastic material and is extendible and retractable out the working channel opening in an imaging path of the ultrasound device.
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