Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Detecting nuclear – electromagnetic – or ultrasonic radiation
Patent
1998-11-02
2000-10-03
Lateef, Marvin M.
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation
A61B 814
Patent
active
061266078
ABSTRACT:
A system for forming a liquid interface between a body tissue and an ultrasound probe which includes an ultrasound transducer. The system including a sheath including a liquid tight sack, wherein the sack covers, when the probe is placed inside the sheath, at least a portion of the probe where the ultrasound transducer is positioned but without covering an underside of the probe located on a diametrically opposite side from where the ultrasound transducer is positioned. The system also includes a tube connected to the sheath, wherein the sack expands to form the liquid interface when a liquid is introduced to the sack via the tube.
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Barzell Winston E.
Whitmore, III Willet F.
Barzell-Whitmore Maroon Bells, Inc.
Imam Ali M.
Lateef Marvin M.
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