Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for tracking a medical ultrasonic object
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Application No.: US16649902Application Date: 2017-09-29
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Publication No.: US11801096B2Publication Date: 2023-10-31
- Inventor: Peng Zheng
- Applicant: C. R. Bard, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NJ Franklin Lakes
- Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc.
- Current Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Franklin Lakes
- Agency: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2017/054251 2017.09.29
- International Announcement: WO2019/066888A 2019.04.04
- Date entered country: 2020-03-23
- Main IPC: A61B34/20
- IPC: A61B34/20 ; A61B8/08 ; A61B8/00 ; A61B17/22 ; A61B90/00 ; A61B17/00

Abstract:
A vascular occlusion treatment system includes an ultrasound imaging system having an imaging control circuit communicatively coupled to an ultrasound imaging probe and to a display screen, and an ultrasonic vibration system having an ultrasonic generator operatively coupled to a medical ultrasonic object, such as an ultrasonic catheter. The ultrasonic catheter has a corewire with a distal tip. The ultrasonic generator has a generator control circuit that alternatingly switches between an ultrasonic work frequency and a tracking frequency. The generator control circuit sends a notification to the imaging control circuit when the generator control circuit has switched from the ultrasonic work frequency to the tracking frequency. The imaging control circuit responds by initiating a search in an ultrasound imaging space to locate the distal tip that is vibrating at the tracking frequency, and indicating a location of the distal tip in the ultrasound image displayed on the display screen.
Public/Granted literature
- US11684427B2 Apparatus and method for tracking a medical ultrasonic object Public/Granted day:2023-06-27
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