US 12,257,105 B2
System for tracking and imaging a treatment probe
Morgan L. Hill, Conifer, CO (US); Eric W. Larson, Lakewood, CO (US); Casey M. Ladtkow, Erie, CO (US); Nikhil P. Mankar, Pune (IN); Arlen J. Reschke, Longmont, CO (US); Jeetendra Bharadwaj, Erie, CO (US); Robert J. Behnke, II, Erie, CO (US); and William J. Dickhans, Longmont, CO (US)
Assigned to Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed by Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed on Sep. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/474,431.
Application 18/474,431 is a continuation of application No. 16/951,194, filed on Nov. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,771,401, issued on Oct. 3, 2023.
Application 16/951,194 is a continuation of application No. 14/930,900, filed on Nov. 3, 2015, granted, now 10,869,650, issued on Dec. 22, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/076,132, filed on Nov. 6, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2024/0008846 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 8/4254 (2013.01) [A61B 8/0841 (2013.01); A61B 8/085 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/4444 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
an ultrasound imager configured to image a patient during a medical procedure, the ultrasound imager defining a longitudinal axis and including a cut-out portion, a top surface extending along the cut-out portion, a bottom surface extending along the cut-out portion opposite the top surface, and an ultrasound sensor extending along the top surface, the ultrasound sensor configured to generate real-time ultrasound images orthogonal to the longitudinal axis; and
a sensor mount having at least one clip tab configured to be mounted over at least a portion of the top surface to releasably attach the sensor mount to the cut-out portion.