Patent ID: 7670294
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A needle guide removably united with an ultrasonic probe body, said ultrasonic probe body having an elongated trunk provided with ultrasonic transducers at a first end of said elongated trunk and a cable led out from a second end of said elongated trunk for conducting ultrasound transmission and reception with said first end inserted into a subject, said needle guide comprising a conduit having a first opening and an opposing second opening larger than said first opening, wherein when said needle guide is united with said ultrasonic probe body so that said first opening lies near said first end and said second opening lies near said second end, and a distance between a center of said second opening and said ultrasonic probe body is larger than a distance between a center of said first opening and said ultrasonic probe body, said second opening configured to facilitate inserting a needle into said needle guide at an oblique angle with respect to said elongated trunk.