Patent ID: 9179891
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An ultrasound probe, comprising: an elongate handle with first and second end regions; a first blade section attached to the first end region and extending in a direction away from the first end region for a first length (L a second blade section movably attached to the first end region distal to the first blade section relative to the elongated handle and extending in the same direction as the first blade section, wherein the second blade section is configured to move between a first position in which the second blade section is next to the first blade section and a second position in which the second blade section is further away from the first blade section, wherein the second blade section translates away from and towards the first blade section in a plane parallel to the first blade section; wherein the second surface of the first blade section faces the second blade section and the first surface of the first blade section faces away from the second blade section; and a transducer array affixed to the first blade section on the second surface opposite the first end region and in between the first and second blade sections, and the transducer array has a view faced by the second surface; wherein the first blade section extends from the first end region a greater distance than the second blade section extends from the first end region to define a sub-portion of the first blade section, and the transducer array is affixed to and located on the second surface of the first blade section within the sub-portion of the first blade section.