Patent ID: 8073529
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A puncture device guide system for use with an ultrasound transducer having a major longitudinal axis, a sterile cover and a puncture device for introducing the puncture device to various depths in the body of a patient, said puncture device guide system comprising a bracket and a kit of plural puncture device guides, said puncture device guides being arranged for forming discrete predetermined angled paths with respect to the major longitudinal axis of the transducer for guiding the puncture device to predetermined positions within the body of the patient, each of said discrete predetermined angled paths extending along a respective axis extending at a fixed and different angle to the major longitudinal axis of the transducer, said bracket being arranged for releasable mounting on the ultrasound transducer, whereupon the sterile cover can be placed over the ultrasound transducer and said bracket, each of said puncture device guides being arranged to be readily pivotably attached to said bracket with the sterile cover interposed therebetween to thereby establish a respective one of said discrete predetermined angled paths for a receipt of the puncture device to penetrate into the body of the patient to a different desired depth, each of said puncture device guides comprising a base member and a movable member, said movable member being pivotably connected to said base member about a pivot axis parallel to said predetermined angled path between a pivotably closed position and a pivotably open position and vice versa, whereupon when said movable member is in said pivotably closed position it forms a passageway between it and said base member, said passageway establishing said predetermined angled path for receipt of the puncture device, said moveable member when in said pivotably open position enabling the ultrasound transducer and the puncture device guide system on which it is mounted to be removed, leaving the puncture device in place penetrating into the body of the patient.