PORTABLE ULTRASOUND DEVICE FOR GUIDING TRANSCUTANEOUS PUNCTURES

• Main Authors: MONTALBÁN LARREA, Salvador, GARCÍA BERNÁ, José Alberto, ANDREU CAYUELAS, José Manuel
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 04.09.2019
• Subjects: ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; 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; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; MEASURING; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PHYSICS; RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; SURGERY; TESTING

The invention relates to a portable ultrasound device for guiding transcutaneous punctures, which comprises a casing (8); a main screen (4), an ultrasound transducer (1) oriented with the ultrasound beam (9) thereof parallel to the main screen (4); an image processing unit (2) that shows the signal of the ultrasound transducer (1) on the main screen (4); means for selecting the scale of amplification of the ultrasound image shown on the main screen (4); a width reference system (12) located in the front lower part of the casing (8), which includes vertical reference lines (15); and a scale adjustment zone (5) located above the width reference system (12) and wherein the image processing unit (2) shows scale adaptation lines (16) with an inclination that varies depending on the scale selected. The reference system can be printed on the casing (8) itself, on the main screen (4) or on a specific display.