US 12,109,067 B2
Positioning arm apparatus for ultrasound head
Kyu Hoon Han, Seongnam-si (KR); Young Bok Yu, Seoul (KR); and Keon Ho Son, Seongnam-si (KR)
Assigned to IMGT CO., LTD., Seongnam-si (KR)
Filed by IMGT CO., LTD., Seongnam-si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/358,359.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0011192 (KR), filed on Jan. 27, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0252144 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. A61N 7/02 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); F16M 11/04 (2006.01); F16M 11/20 (2006.01); F16M 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/4218 (2013.01) [A61N 7/02 (2013.01); F16M 11/04 (2013.01); F16M 11/2064 (2013.01); F16M 13/022 (2013.01); F16M 2200/022 (2013.01); F16M 2200/068 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A positioning arm apparatus for an ultrasound head, the positioning arm apparatus comprising:
a first link provided with a first joint at a lower end of one side thereof and a second joint at an upper end of the other side thereof rotatable left and right about a center of a vertical axis of the first joint;
a second link connected to the first link based on the second joint, rotatable left and right about a vertical axis of the second joint, and tiltable up and down about a horizontal axis of the second joint;
a first mechanical mechanism provided to the first link and configured to simultaneously fix rotational motions of the first link and the second link or release at least one of the fixed first link and the second link for the rotational motion;
a second mechanical mechanism provided to the second link and configured to fix or release a tilting motion of the second link; and
a head connection unit provided at one end of the second link and connected to an ultrasound head.