DEVICE FOR POSITIONING IN THE SPACE OF AN EXPLORING PROBE WITH A LIMITED VOLUME AND APPARATUS FOR DESTRUCTING TARGETS, IN PARTICULAR LITHIASES INCORPORATING THE SAME

摘要

The invention relates to a device for positioning in the space of an exploration probe, for example an ultrasonic probe. / P p THIS DEVICE COMPRISES AN ESSENTIALLY RIGID ARM 20 WHERE THE FIRST END 21 IS RELATIVELY ARTICULATED A SUPPORT BED 10 BY TWO ARTICULATING AXLES 24, 26 PERPENDICULAR, AND EXPLORATION PROBE 2 IS MOUNTED ON A SUPPORT ELEMENT 30 CONNECTED TO THE SECOND END 22 OF THE ARM BY AT LEAST TWO ARTICULATING AXES 32, 34, AND CHARACTERIZED IN THAT THE SUPPORTING MEMBER ELEMENT 30 OF THE EXPLORATION PROBE IS CONNECTED TO THE SECOND END 22 OF THE ARM BY A SET OF FOUR ARTICULATING AXES 32, 34, 36, 38, ARRANGED PERPENDICULARLY BETWEEN THEM AND IN THE SPACE SO OCCUPY A LIMIT VOLUME, IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE EXPLORATION PROBE. / P P SO, THIS DEVICE OFFERS A FACULTY OF UNLIMITED POSITIONING IN THE SPACE OF THE EXPLORATION PROBE IN A SPACE OR LIMITED OR REDUCED VOLUME, WHICH CONSTITUTES AN ESSENTIAL TECHNICAL ADVANTAGE L TO REPERATE TARGETS SUCH AS CONCRETIONS, RENAL OR BILIARY LITHIASES FOR THEIR DESTRUCTION.