公开(公告)号：US20170164929A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-15

申请号：US15441845

申请日：2017-02-24

Applicant: Clemson University Research Foundation

Inventor： David Kwartowitz ,  Erika Trent ,  Fuad Mefleh ,  Vipul Pai Raikar ,  Delphine Dean

IPC: A61B8/08 ,  A61B8/00 ,  A61B6/00

CPC classification number: A61B8/485 ,  A61B6/463 ,  A61B8/0875 ,  A61B8/4209 ,  A61B8/429 ,  A61B8/5223

Abstract: Adaptors for ultrasound probes can have an adaptor body can have an open lower end that allows a distal end of the ultrasound probe to extend therethrough to contact skin of a patient. The adaptor can include a plurality of spaced apart resilient members held by the adaptor body that, in operation, are able to change in length such that the resilient members translate from a first longer length to a second shorter length when the probe applies compressive force to the target tissue.