US 12,350,103 B2
Transesophageal ultrasound system
Patrick Nally, Seattle, WA (US); Tyler Dawson, Edmonds, WA (US); Kenji Kimura, Seattle, WA (US); David Knapp, Bellevue, WA (US); Floris Kruger, Bothell, WA (US); Lisa Spencer, Bothell, WA (US); Craig Chamberlain, Seattle, WA (US); Brittney Klingenberg, Bothell, WA (US); and Laurie Johnson, North Bend, WA (US)
Assigned to FUJIFILM SONOSITE, INC., Bothell, WA (US)
Filed by FUJIFILM SONOSITE, INC., Bothell, WA (US)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/071,420.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/283,893, filed on Nov. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/283,897, filed on Nov. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0165560 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 8/463 (2013.01) [A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/4209 (2013.01); A61B 8/4254 (2013.01); A61B 8/4411 (2013.01); A61B 8/461 (2013.01); A61B 8/467 (2013.01); A61B 8/546 (2013.01); A61B 2090/036 (2016.02)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transesophageal ultrasound system comprising:
a transesophageal ultrasound probe including a probe body, a probe cable, and a transducer, the probe body detachably connected to a one end of the probe cable and the transducer connected to a distal end of the probe cable; and
a bite block configured to, during transesophageal insertion of the probe cable starting from the distal end, guard the probe cable from a bite and prevent anteflexion and retroflexion movement of the transducer until a predetermined length of the probe cable is inserted, wherein the bite block is implemented to, during transesophageal removal of the probe cable, prevent the anteflexion and retroflexion movement of the transducer by configuring the transducer in a limp state until an additional predetermined length of the probe cable is removed.