13 - 34 Operator’s Manual
13 Probes and Biopsy
Perform the following procedure:
1. Install the needle-guided bracket:
a. Put on the sterile probe sheath.
b. Hold the probe by one hand, select the proper needle-guided bracket, and hold it with the
other hand. Match the groove of the bracket with the tab of the probe. Amount the bracket
onto the probe.
c. Screw the pinch nut of the needle-guided bracket to confirm 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. Insert the biopsy needle:
a. Adjust the dial scale to the required needle type shift, and then screw the needle fixing nut
to lock the dial scale. (To adjust the dial scale you have to loosen the needle fixing nut
first.)
b. Pull the lock pin and close the V-shaped cover to fix the lock pin in the groove of the
needle type adjusting base, so as to install the needle into the guiding hole.
4. Release the needle from the bracket:
6 V-shaped cover
7 Angle adjusting base
8 Angle shift sign
9 Angle pinch nut
10 Angle block
11 Pinch nut