Variable configuration bending neck for an articulating ultrasound probe

• Main Authors: CUSCUNA DINO FRANCESCO, JINKS KATHRYN
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 28.11.2017
• Subjects: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; SURGERY

A bending neck for an articulating ultrasound probe has a variable configuration whereby different sections of the bending neck can be bent into different curvatures. In one implementation a rigid member is extended into the bending neck, setting the deflection point for a section of the bending neck at the end of the rigid member. In another implementation the links of the bending neck have different lengths, causing different sections to have different radii of maximum curvature. In another implementation the bending neck is encased in a sheath which exhibits regions of different durometer, thickness, or spacing of points of attachment to the bending neck. 种用于铰接式超声探头的弯曲颈部具有可变构造，其中，弯曲颈部的不同节段可以被弯曲成不同的曲率。在个实施方案中，刚性构件被延伸到弯曲颈部中，从而将用于弯曲颈部的个节段的偏转点设定于该刚性构件的端部。在另实施方案中，弯曲颈部的连结件具有不同的长度，从而导致不同的节段具有不同的最大曲率半径。在另实施方案中，弯曲颈部被封装在护套中，该护套呈现出具有不同硬度、厚度或附接于弯曲颈部的附接点的间距的区域。