17 - 36 Operator’s Manual
17 Probes and Biopsy
Perform the following procedure:
1. Install the needle-guided bracket:
a. Put on the sterile probe sheath.
b. Select a suitable needle-guided bracket and match the groove to the tab of the probe.
Mount the bracket onto the probe.
c. Screw the pinch nut of the needle-guided bracket to ensure that the needle-guided bracket
is properly installed on the probe.
2. Adjust the needle angle to the proper shift as required:
a. Loosen the angle pinch nut.
b. Adjust the angle block to the desired level.
c. Tighten the angle pinch nut.
3. Install the guiding block:
a. Select a suitable guiding block and push it into the groove above the angle block
b. Screw the block's nut to secure the block.
c. Insert a biopsy needle with the same specification as that of the guiding block into the
guiding block hole.
4. Release the needle from the bracket:
a. Loosen the guiding block's nut and slightly move the guiding block in the direction of the
needle’s tail.
1 Pinch nut of bracket 2 Angle pinch nut
3 Angle block 4 Clamp
5 Groove 6 Angle-adjusting base
7 Angle shift sign 8 Guiding block specification
9 Guiding block 10 Needle guide hole