US 12,350,092 B2
Systems for a triple imaging hybrid probe
Enrique Romo, Danville, CA (US); Hendrik Thompson, San Francisco, CA (US); and Lisa Heaton, Flagler Beach, FL (US)
Assigned to NOAH MEDICAL CORPORATION, San Carlos, CA (US)
Filed by Noah Medical Corporation, San Carlos, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/054,792.
Application 18/054,792 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/034856, filed on May 28, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/033,624, filed on Jun. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0075251 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/267 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 8/085 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00148 (2022.02); A61B 1/0055 (2013.01); A61B 1/0057 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 1/053 (2013.01); A61B 1/0676 (2013.01); A61B 1/2676 (2013.01); A61B 8/0841 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/4254 (2013.01); A61B 8/4416 (2013.01); A61B 8/445 (2013.01); A61B 8/4488 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2063 (2016.02); A61B 2034/301 (2016.02)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hybrid vision device comprising:
an articulatable elongate member comprising a proximal end and a distal end, wherein a first positional sensor is located at the distal end of the articulatable elongate member, wherein the articulatable elongate member comprises a first lumen receiving a multimodal sensing probe and a second lumen receiving an instrument; and
the multimodal sensing probe removably coupled to the articulatable elongate member through the first lumen and extendable over a port of the first lumen at the distal end of the articulatable elongate member, wherein the multimodal sensing probe comprises an ultrasound transducer and a camera located at a distal portion of the multimodal sensing probe, and wherein the camera is configured to provide a camera view and the ultrasound transducer is configured to provide a side view oblique to the camera review thereby capturing a movement of the instrument when the instrument is extended over a port of the second lumen, wherein the multimodal sensing probe further comprises an interlock feature configured to lock a position of the multimodal sensing probe relative to the articulatable elongate member upon the multimodal sensing probe extended over the port of the first lumen at the distal end of the articulatable elongate member at a desired angular location or length location thereby preventing an axial movement or a rotational movement between the multimodal sensing probe and the articulatable elongate member.