US 12,303,320 B2
Ultrasound probe with an integrated needle assembly and a computer program product, a method and a system for providing a path for inserting a needle of the ultrasound probe
Paul Adams, Vero Beach, FL (US); Christopher Vetter, Dublin, OH (US); and Michael Andrew Holtman, McLean, VA (US)
Assigned to DANDELION TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Vero Beach, FL (US)
Filed by Dandelion Technologies LLC, Vero Beach, FL (US)
Filed on Dec. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/542,080.
Application 17/542,080 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/410,301, filed on Aug. 24, 2021, granted, now 11,701,082, issued on Jul. 18, 2023.
Application 17/410,301 is a continuation of application No. 16/445,355, filed on Jun. 19, 2019, granted, now 11,129,588, issued on Sep. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0087639 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/0841 (2013.01) [A61B 8/4227 (2013.01); A61B 8/4254 (2013.01); A61B 8/4444 (2013.01); A61B 8/483 (2013.01); A61B 8/5253 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3405 (2013.01)] 48 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
an ultrasound device comprising an ultrasound probe housing that contains a plurality of ultrasound probes configured to generate ultrasound waves, wherein the ultrasound waves are configured to produce images of inside a body of a patient, the ultrasound probe housing comprising an ambient side and a body side; and
a supporting structure configured to be attached to the body of the patient, the supporting structure comprising an ambient side and a body side, the supporting structure including:
an opening that passes through the supporting structure from the ambient side to the body side thereof; and
one or more attachment features that are adapted to connect the ultrasound probe housing of the ultrasound device to the ambient side of the supporting structure such that at least a portion of the body side of the ultrasound probe housing is adapted to contact the body of the patient and disposed within a first portion of the opening and facing toward the body of the patient when the supporting structure is attached thereto, and such that a second portion of the opening remains exposed after at least the portion of the body side of the ultrasound probe housing is disposed within the first portion of the opening.