12 Probes and Biopsy
Operator’s Manual 12 - 25
Perform the following procedure:
1. Install the needle-guided bracket:
a. Put on the sterile probe sheath.
b. Hold the probe in one hand, select the correct needle-guided bracket and hold it with the
other hand. Match the groove and tab with the tab and groove of the probe respectively.
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, then
clamp it tightly
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.