公开(公告)号：US20080015442A1

公开(公告)日：2008-01-17

申请号：US11629568

申请日：2005-06-16

申请人： Malcolm Watson ,  George Corner ,  Katherine Kirk ,  Alexander Cochran ,  David Lines ,  Srinath Rajagopal

发明人： Malcolm Watson ,  George Corner ,  Katherine Kirk ,  Alexander Cochran ,  David Lines ,  Srinath Rajagopal

IPC分类号： A61B8/14

CPC分类号： A61B8/4422 ,  A61B8/0833 ,  A61B8/0841 ,  A61B8/4281 ,  A61B17/3403 ,  A61B2017/3413

摘要： An ultrasound waveguide that is attachable to an ultrasound probe so as to identify a target area on a target object. The ultrasound waveguide has an ultrasound transducer coupling signal to be transmitted through a guide means. The ultrasound waveguide also has a positioning means for positioning the guide means in relation to the target area on the target object. The guide means is provided with a channel that provides a discontinuity within the guide means that causes a discontinuity in the ultrasound signal emitted by the probe. The presence of this discontinuity allow for proper alignment of the ultrasound waveguide with the target object.

摘要翻译： 一种超声波导，其可附接到超声波探头以识别目标物体上的目标区域。 超声波波导具有通过引导装置传输的超声换能器耦合信号。 超声波波导还具有用于相对于目标物体上的目标区域定位引导装置的定位装置。 引导装置设置有通道，其在引导装置内提供不连续性，导致由探针发射的超声信号的不连续性。 这种不连续性的存在允许超声波导与目标物体的适当对准。