#$%^&*AU2010202877B220120517.pdf#####ULTRASOUND GUIDED PROBE DEVICE AND METHOD Abstract The present invention is directed to improved devices and methods for 5 ultrasound guiding of percutaneous medical probes. The devices include an ultrasound transducer housing (100) having a passage (126) therethrough and configured to guide a probe through the probe guide in the passage of the housing, and along a path extending to a target at a known angular relationship to the ultrasound transducer (120) so that the path and location of the advancing probe are known in relation to a target imaged by the 10 ultrasound device. The devices can include a sterile sleeve (110) including a sterile probe guide such that the transducer housing including the guide opening, can be separated from the patient by a sterile barrier. The devices can also include a clamp (150) for clamping the probe in the probe guide and means and methods for real-time imaging of a virtual probe overlaying the sonogram formed by the ultrasound device.
