Advanced electrical array interconnections for ultrasound probes integrated in surgical needles

Giuseppe Schiavone; Thomas Jones; Dennis Price; Rachael McPhillips; Zhen Qiu; Christine E.M. Demore; Yun Jiang; Carl Meggs; Syed O. Mahboob; Sam Eljamel; Tim W. Button; Sandy Cochran; Marc P.Y. Desmulliez

doi:10.1109/EPTC.2014.7028266

Advanced electrical array interconnections for ultrasound probes integrated in surgical needles

Giuseppe Schiavone (Lead / Corresponding author), Thomas Jones, Dennis Price, Rachael McPhillips, Zhen Qiu, Christine E.M. Demore, Yun Jiang, Carl Meggs, Syed O. Mahboob, Sam Eljamel, Tim W. Button, Sandy Cochran, Marc P.Y. Desmulliez

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Real-time ultrasound guidance during neurosurgery is a novel and sought-after technique that enables imaging data to be acquired with improved precision during surgical intervention. Surgical needles that are inserted in the tissue of interest can be guided using the real-time graphical information collected by an embedded ultrasound transducer. The miniaturisation capabilities of modern manufacturing technologies allow the fabrication of ultrasound probes that are small enough to be fitted in needles conventionally used in surgical practices (down to ∼2 mm inner diameter). High lateral resolution may in fact be achieved by producing miniaturised ultrasound transducer arrays with a series of emitting/receiving elements, each electrically isolated from the others. To guarantee the functionality of such devices, a series of independent electrical interconnections must be implemented that enables the external driving electronics of the imaging system to be connected to the miniaturised ultrasound probe array. This paper presents a novel interconnection scheme designed to interface ultrasound probes integrated in surgical needles with the driving electronics. The presented solution utilises a flexible printed circuit board carrying the electrical tracks and a bonding technique with an anisotropic conductive paste.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE 16th Electronics Packaging Technology Conference (EPTC 2014)
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	88-93
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	9781479969951
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EPTC.2014.7028266 https://doi.org/10.1109/EPTC.2014.7028266
Publication status	Published - 30 Jan 2014
Event	2014 IEEE 16th Electronics Packaging Technology Conference (EPTC) - Singapore, Singapore Duration: 3 Dec 2014 → 5 Dec 2014

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Conference	2014 IEEE 16th Electronics Packaging Technology Conference (EPTC)
Abbreviated title	EPTC 2014
Country/Territory	Singapore
City	Singapore
Period	3/12/14 → 5/12/14

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Schiavone, G., Jones, T., Price, D., McPhillips, R., Qiu, Z., Demore, C. E. M., Jiang, Y., Meggs, C., Mahboob, S. O., Eljamel, S., Button, T. W., Cochran, S., & Desmulliez, M. P. Y. (2014). Advanced electrical array interconnections for ultrasound probes integrated in surgical needles. In Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE 16th Electronics Packaging Technology Conference (EPTC 2014) (pp. 88-93). [7028266] IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/EPTC.2014.7028266, https://doi.org/10.1109/EPTC.2014.7028266

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Advanced electrical array interconnections for ultrasound probes integrated in surgical needles. / Schiavone, Giuseppe (Lead / Corresponding author); Jones, Thomas; Price, Dennis et al.

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