US 12,232,910 B2
Ultrasound probe with pressure measurement capability
Huy Ngoc Tran, Riverton, UT (US)
Assigned to Bard Access Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed by Bard Access Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed on Sep. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/471,015.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/076,589, filed on Sep. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0071593 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/4444 (2013.01) [A61B 8/0841 (2013.01); A61B 8/085 (2013.01); A61B 8/463 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ultrasound probe, comprising:
a probe body configured to be supported by a clinician and for external use on a patient;
an articulating probe head including one or more ultrasonic transducers, and attached to the probe body, the articulating probe head configured to be placed on a skin surface of the patient, and configured to articulate relative to the probe body; and
a pressure-sensing device housed in an articulating area between the articulating probe head and the probe body.