Douglas G. Summers;Jiayu Chen;Tor C. Anderson;Shih-Ping Wang
发明人:
Shih-Ping Wang,Tor C. Anderson,Jiayu Chen,Douglas G. Summers
申请号:
US12299275
公开号:
US10561394B2
申请日:
2007.05.02
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2020
代理人:
摘要:
An apparatus and related methods for ultrasonically scanning a tissue sample are described, the apparatus comprising an ultrasound transducer and a membranous sheet, the membranous sheet compressing the tissue sample, the ultrasound transducer contacting the membranous sheet and ultrasonically scanning the tissue sample therethrough, wherein the membranous sheet has a generally arcuate shape and the ultrasound transducer is movable in a generally arcuate trajectory therealong during the ultrasonic scan. Also described is an apparatus for facilitating a medical procedure, comprising a membranous sheet compressing a tissue sample, an ultrasound transducer contacting the membranous sheet to ultrasonically scan the tissue sample therethrough, and a biopsy guide operably coupled to the ultrasound transducer for maintaining a biopsy instrument in a scan plane of the ultrasound transducer to facilitate a percutaneous biopsy of a lesion located in the scan plane.