US 12,290,402 B2
Probe for ultrasound imaging system
Jeanette E. Southard, Castleconnell (IE); Matthew J. Prince, Herriman, UT (US); Tab Robbins, Layton, UT (US); Timothy L. Creamer, Ocean Springs, MS (US); Kent F. Beck, Layton, UT (US); Paul T. Westwood, Kaysville, UT (US); and Andrew J. Lengyel, Sandy, 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 Aug. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/880,583.
Application 17/880,583 is a continuation of application No. 16/130,756, filed on Sep. 13, 2018, granted, now 11,413,018, issued on Aug. 16, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/558,234, filed on Sep. 13, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0370042 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/4455 (2013.01) [A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/4254 (2013.01); A61B 8/4427 (2013.01); A61B 8/54 (2013.01); A61B 8/085 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ultrasound probe, comprising:
a body including a lens configured to pass ultrasound signals from an ultrasound transducer in the body, wherein the lens:
extends across a bottom side of the body, and
defines a first patient contact surface;
a cable attached to the body, the cable attachment defining an initial cable direction extending away from a first lateral side of the body;
a retention portion comprising a shape or feature configured to enable a user of the ultrasound probe to grasp and maneuver the ultrasound probe during use thereof with a single first finger, wherein the retention portion:
is disposed only along the first lateral side, and
defines a second patient contact surface; and
an articulating component connecting the body to the retention portion.