REMOTE-CONTROLLED ULTRASOUND DEVICE

摘要

A remote-controlled ultrasound device including an enclosure envelope containing a tight compartment and a control compartment that are tightly separated by a transverse partition. Sensor means are designed so as to move in the tight compartment, submerged in an ultrasonic-wave-propagating medium, and driving means are arranged in the control compartment for triggering the movement of a support rod at the end of which are mounted the sensor means. The support rod extends through the partition in order to connect the driving means and the sensor means, being mounted in a freely rotational manner inside a tube passing through said partition. The invention is especially applicable to remote ultrasound operations in the medical field.

主权项

1. A tele-ultrasonography device comprising an outer enclosure inside which there are a sealed compartment, in which sensor means are designed to move, these being immersed in a medium through which ultrasonic waves can propagate and a control compartment which is separated in a sealed manner from said sealed compartment by a transverse partition, drive means being housed in the control compartment for setting in motion a support rod at the end of which the sensor means are mounted, wherein said sensor means support rod is mounted free to rotate inside a tube passing through said partition, at a fixed point located at the center of the partition so that the sensor means are able to move in said sealed compartment in a pendular manner with respect to this fixed point, a seal arranged around the tube being pressed firmly against the partition.