Patent ID: 9433396
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A medical probe device comprising: an ultrasound transducer housing comprising a first surface and a second surface that are separated from one another by a third surface of the ultrasound transducer housing, the ultrasound transducer housing containing an ultrasound transducer; and a sterilizable seal removably co-operable with said ultrasound transducer housing, said sterilizable seal comprising wherein upon assembly of the sterilizable seal with the ultrasound transducer housing, an ultrasonic beam emitted from the ultrasound transducer passes through the conforming surface of the first non-pliable portion and wherein the conforming surface of the second non-pliable portion is held against the second surface of the ultrasound transducer housing with a portion of the pliable drape between the two.