Patent ID: 9149251
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A reusable endocavity needle guide arranged for releasable mounting on an imaging instrument, comprising: a first guide member, a second guide member and a releasable mounting assembly for mounting on an imaging instrument, said first guide member having a first elongated passageway-forming surface having a first longitudinal axis, said second elongated guide member having a second passageway-forming surface having a second longitudinal axis, said first and second guide members being pivotably connected together to pivot about a transverse axis extending generally perpendicularly to said first and second longitudinal axes to enable said first and second guide members to be pivoted with respect to each other about said transverse axis from a closed orientation to an open orientation, and vice versa, said first and second passageway-forming surfaces forming an elongated passageway therebetween when said first and second guide members are in said closed orientation, said releasable mounting assembly maintaining said first and second guide members in said closed orientation when said releasable mounting assembly is mounted to the imaging instrument, said passageway being arranged to enable an elongated needle or other elongated device to be extended therethrough in a predefined path, said first and second passageway-forming surfaces being disposed at an angle to each other when said first and second guide members are in said open orientation when said releasable mounting assembly is disconnected from the imaging instrument, whereupon said first and second passageway-forming surfaces can be readily cleaned.