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A laparoscopic adapter, an echocardiography probe and a method for coupling the adapter to the probe

A laparoscopic ultrasound and echocardiography technology, applied in the field of laparoscopic procedures, can solve problems such as lack of volume information, organ misdiagnosis, and invalid treatment

Inactive Publication Date: 2020-03-06
KONINKLJIJKE PHILIPS NV
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An obvious disadvantage of 2D ultrasound is the lack of volume information that may be meaningful for precise assessment of an organ's region of interest in relation to adjacent critical structures
Also, since laparoscopic procedures use a fixed fulcrum as the point of entry, the reverse motion of manual instruments can make it difficult to understand the position and orientation of the ultrasound image plane relative to the organ
Therefore, limiting the field of view of a 2D LUS probe to a single plane may lead to misdiagnosis and / or ineffective management of organs

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[0041] The invention of the present disclosure is to adapt a 3D echocardiography probe (eg, a 3D transesophageal echocardiography (“TEE”) probe or a 3D intracardiac echocardiography (“ICE”) probe) into a 3D laparoscopic ultrasound (“ LUS") probe is the premise.

[0042] To facilitate understanding of the invention of the present disclosure, the following description of Figures 1-4 teaches the basic inventive principles of adapting a 3D TEE probe to a 3D LUS probe. From the description of FIGS. 1-7, one of ordinary skill in the art will understand how to apply the inventive principles of the present disclosure to the manufacture and use of the numerous variations of adapting any type of 3D echocardiographic probe to the 3D LUS probe of the present disclosure. Example.

[0043] refer to Figure 1A The exemplary 3D LUS probe 10a of the present disclosure employs the 3D TEE probe 20 known in the art of the present disclosure and the laparoscopic adapter 30a of the present disclos...

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A 3D echocardiography probe (20) (e.g., a 3D transesophageal echocardiography probe or a 3D intracardiac echocardiography probe) can be adapted into a 3D laparoscopic ultrasound probe (10a) for laparoscopic procedures. The 3D echocardiography probe includes a flexible shaft (22d, 22p) to which a laparoscopic adapter (30a) can be coupled. The laparoscopic adapter comprises a laparoscopic sleeve (31) configured to partially encirce a portion of the flexible shaft of the 3D echocardiography probe and a probe handle (33a) mountable to the laparoscopic sleeve (31).

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technical field [0001] The present disclosure relates generally to laparoscopic procedures (eg, prostatectomy, splenectomy, nephrectomy, and hepatectomy). The present disclosure specifically relates to the adaptation of three-dimensional ("3D") echocardiographic probes to laparoscopic ultrasound ("LUS") probes for performing laparoscopic procedures. Background technique [0002] During minimally invasive laparoscopic procedures, any endoscopic feedback provided to the surgeon has proven to be limited. Specifically, a surgeon using an endoscopic camera can only view the outer surface of the organ. As a result, the surgeon does not have tactile feedback, orientation sensing, and all the other information normally provided during routine surgery. To overcome the limitations of such endoscopes, two-dimensional ("2D") laparoscopic ultrasound ("LUS") probes designed to be in direct contact with the organ parenchyma were introduced to provide intraoperative visualization of the i...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A61B1/00A61B8/08A61B8/12
CPCA61B1/00147A61B8/0883A61B8/12A61B8/4218A61B8/4254A61B8/4411A61B8/445A61B8/4466A61B8/467A61B8/483A61B8/54A61B2034/301A61B46/10A61B1/00135A61B1/0014A61B1/008A61B1/3132
Inventor G·A·托波雷克A·波波维奇
Owner KONINKLJIJKE PHILIPS NV