SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POSITIONING ULTRASOUND PATCHES

    公开(公告)号:US20220401066A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-22

    申请号:US17772171

    申请日:2020-10-27

    Abstract: The invention provides for a method and an apparatus (300) for positioning an ultrasound patch on a surface of a subject. The apparatus includes a first fixing unit (210) and a second fixing unit (310) adapted to be fixed to a surface of the subject at a first location and second location, respectively, with a space of exposed surface of the subject between them. The apparatus further comprises a holding unit (260) for positioning on the exposed surface of the subject within the space between the fixing units, the holding unit being adapted to receive the ultrasound patch. The holding unit is adapted to be coupled with the first and second fixing units at the surface of the subject and, when the holding unit is coupled to the first fixing unit and the second fixing unit, the position of the holding unit is adjustable relative to the first fixing unit and the second fixing unit.

    VASCULAR SYSTEM VISUALIZATION
    6.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230181148A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-15

    申请号:US17919860

    申请日:2021-04-21

    CPC classification number: A61B8/06 A61B8/0841 A61B8/0891

    Abstract: A method (100) for visualizing a section of a patient's vascular system (155) with an ultrasound image processing system (3) is disclosed. The method comprises receiving (103) ultrasound data generated by an ultrasound probe (10) being displaced across a part of the patients anatomy (150) containing the section of the patients vascular system, said ultrasound data comprising image data and Doppler data; generating (107) ultrasound images (170) from said image data, each ultrasound image corresponding to a subsection of the patients vascular system having a determined location within the patients vascular system and combining (109) said ultrasound images into a map (180) of said section of the patients vascular system; processing (111) the received Doppler data to obtain blood flow characteristics for the section of the patients vascular system; identifying (113) landmarks within the section of the patients vascular system based on the obtained blood flow characteristics; annotating (115) said map with said landmark identifications (181, 183); and generating (117) an output signal comprising said annotated map. Also disclosed are a computer program product and ultrasound image processing system for implementing this method.

    ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER ARRANGEMENT AND ASSEMBLY, COAXIAL WIRE ASSEMBLY, ULTRASOUND PROBE AND ULTRASONIC IMAGING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20210031234A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-04

    申请号:US17075179

    申请日:2020-10-20

    Abstract: An ultrasound transducer arrangement (100) is disclosed comprising a plurality of substrate islands (110, 120, 130) spatially separated and electrically interconnected by a flexible polymer assembly (150) including electrically conductive tracks providing said electrical interconnections, said plurality including a first substrate island (110) comprising a plurality of ultrasound transducer cells (112) and a second substrate island (120) comprising an array of external contacts for connecting the ultrasound sensor arrangement to a flexible tubular body including a coaxial wire assembly (200) comprising a plurality of coaxial wires (220) each having a conductive core (228) covered by an electrically insulating sleeve (226); and an electrically insulating body (210) having a first main surface (211), a second main surface (213) and a plurality of through holes (212) each extending from the first main surface to the second main surface and coated with an electrically conductive member, wherein each coaxial wire comprises an exposed terminal core portion mounted in one of said though holes from the first main surface, and wherein each through hole is sealed by a solder bump (214) on the second main surface such that the ultrasound transducer arrangement can be directly mounted on the flexible tubular body without the need for a PCB.

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