Patent ID: 6974416
Filing Date: 2005-12-13
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A medical probe for detecting flow of blood within a vessel of a patient during a medical procedure, the probe having a distal end and comprising: a transducer head that includes an ultrasonic transducer adjacent the distal end of the probe, the ultrasonic transducer adapted for generating signals in response to blood flow within vessel; an electrical conductor having a first end and a second end, the first end being operatively connected to the ultrasonic transducer and the second end being connectable to a unit for processing flow-responsive signals; a handle portion; and a shapeable portion extending proximally from adjacent the distal end of said probe, said transducer head and said shapeable portion and said transducer head being substantially isodiametric, said shapeable portion being a plastically deformable cannula.