Patent ID: 9289187
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. An ultrasound imaging probe, comprising: a housing having a long axis; an elongate tubular shaft entirely located in the housing and including an internal cavity and first and second end portions, wherein the shaft extends along the long axis and is rotatably supported in the housing for rotation relative to the entirety of the housing through an angular range including one hundred and eighty degrees to a predetermined maximum angle, which is greater than one hundred and eighty degrees; a rotation limiting device entirely located and affixed in the housing, wherein the rotation limiting device allows the shaft to rotate up to only the predetermined maximum angle relative to the housing, wherein the rotation limiting device comprises: a transducer array, including a plurality of transducer elements along the long axis, affixed to the first end portion of the shaft; an electrical connector fixedly mounted in the housing; and an physical electrical pathway having first and second ends and extending along and in the internal cavity of the shaft, wherein a first end of the pathway is connected to transducer array and a second end of the pathway is connected to the electrical connector.