- Patent Title: Synchronized tracking of multiple interventional medical devices
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Application No.: US17059811Application Date: 2019-06-06
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Publication No.: US11497563B2Publication Date: 2022-11-15
- Inventor: Ramon Quido Erkamp , Hendrik Roelof Stapert , Gunther Lamparter , Ameet Kumar Jain , Alvin Chen , Shyam Bharat , Kunal Vaidya , Francois Guy Gerard Marie Vignon
- Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Current Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- International Application: PCT/EP2019/064792 WO 20190606
- International Announcement: WO2019/238526 WO 20191219
- Main IPC: A61B34/20
- IPC: A61B34/20 ; A61B8/08 ; A61B8/00

Abstract:
A controller (240/340) for simultaneously tracking multiple interventional medical devices includes a memory (242/342) that stores instructions and a processor (241/341) that executes the instructions. When executed by the processor (241/341), the instructions cause the controller to execute a process that includes receiving timing information from a first signal emitted from an ultrasound probe (252/352) and reflective of timing when the ultrasound probe (252/352) transmits ultrasound beams to generate ultrasound imagery. The process executed by the controller also includes forwarding the timing information to be available for use by a first acquisition electronic component (232/332). The first acquisition electronic component (232/332) also receives sensor information from a first passive ultrasound sensor (S1) on a first interventional medical device (212/312). The timing information is used to synchronize the sensor information from the first passive ultrasound sensor (S1) on the first interventional medical device (212/312) with sensor information from a second passive ultrasound sensor (S2) on a second interventional medical device (216/316).
Public/Granted literature
- US20210205025A1 SYNCHRONIZED TRACKING OF MULTIPLE INTERVENTIONAL MEDICAL DEVICES Public/Granted day:2021-07-08
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