公开(公告)号：US20170164929A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-15

申请号：US15441845

申请日：2017-02-24

Applicant: Clemson University Research Foundation

Inventor： David Kwartowitz ,  Erika Trent ,  Fuad Mefleh ,  Vipul Pai Raikar ,  Delphine Dean

IPC: A61B8/08 ,  A61B8/00 ,  A61B6/00

CPC classification number: A61B8/485 ,  A61B6/463 ,  A61B8/0875 ,  A61B8/4209 ,  A61B8/429 ,  A61B8/5223

Abstract: Adaptors for ultrasound probes can have an adaptor body can have an open lower end that allows a distal end of the ultrasound probe to extend therethrough to contact skin of a patient. The adaptor can include a plurality of spaced apart resilient members held by the adaptor body that, in operation, are able to change in length such that the resilient members translate from a first longer length to a second shorter length when the probe applies compressive force to the target tissue.

公开(公告)号：US11253167B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-22

申请号：US16328430

申请日：2017-08-28

Applicant: MUSC FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT ,  CLEMSON UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Inventor： Nancy DeMore ,  Delphine Dean ,  Scott R. Slaney ,  Melissa McCullough ,  Cody Jordan ,  Joseph R. Wilson, III

IPC: A61B5/06 ,  A61B90/00 ,  A61B5/05

Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting metal clips inserted within a portion of a body of a patient are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a clip detector assembly includes a detector having a ferrous member, a transmitting coil around the ferrous member and configured to induce a current in the metal clip, and a receiving coil around the ferrous member and configured to receive a magnetic field generated by the current induced in the metal clip. The assembly can further include a control circuit having a band-pass filter configured to pass electrical signals induced by the magnetic field from the receiving coil that are within at most 35 kHz of a resonance frequency of the metal clip. The assembly still further includes a user notification component configured to alert a user to a location of the metal clip.

公开(公告)号：US20190269347A1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-05

申请号：US16328430

申请日：2017-08-28

Applicant: MUSC FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT ,  CLEMSON UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Inventor： DeMore Nancy ,  Delphine Dean ,  Scott R. Slaney ,  Melissa McCullough ,  Cody Jordan ,  Joseph R. Wilson, III

IPC: A61B5/06 ,  A61B90/00

Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting metal clips inserted within a portion of a body of a patient are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a clip detector assembly includes a detector having a ferrous member, a transmitting coil around the ferrous member and configured to induce a current in the metal clip, and a receiving coil around the ferrous member and configured to receive a magnetic field generated by the current induced in the metal clip. The assembly can further include a control circuit having a band-pass filter configured to pass electrical signals induced by the magnetic field from the receiving coil that are within at most 35 kHz of a resonance frequency of the metal clip. The assembly still further includes a user notification component configured to alert a user to a location of the metal clip.