SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTRAOPERATIVE TARGETING
    71.
    发明申请
    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTRAOPERATIVE TARGETING 审中-公开
    系统和方法用于入门瞄准

    公开(公告)号:WO2005043319A2

    公开(公告)日:2005-05-12

    申请号:PCT/US2004/035024

    申请日:2004-10-21

    Inventor: SHAHIDI, Ramin

    IPC: G06F

    Abstract: The method of some embodiments of the invention assists a user in guiding a medical instrument to a subsurface target site in a patient. This method generates one or more intraoperative images. The method indicates a target site on the image(s). The method determines 3-D coordinates of the target site in a reference coordinate system. The method (1) tracks the position of the instrument in the reference coordinate system, (2) projects onto a display device a view field as seen from the position with respect to the tool in the reference coordinate system, and (3) projects onto the displayed view field indicia of the target site corresponding to the position. In some embodiments, the field of view is a view not only from the position of the instrument but also from a known orientation of the instrument in the reference coordinate system. By observing the indicia, the user can guide the instrument toward the target site by moving the instrument so that the indicia are placed or held in a given state in the displayed field of view.

    Abstract translation: 本发明的一些实施例的方法帮助用户将医疗器械引导到患者的地下目标部位。 该方法产生一个或多个术中图像。 该方法指示图像上的目标站点。 该方法确定参考坐标系中目标位置的三维坐标。 方法(1)跟踪仪器在参考坐标系中的位置,(2)从参考坐标系中相对于工具的位置看,将显示设备投影到视场上,(3)投影到 对应于该位置的目标站点的显示视野字段标记。 在一些实施例中,视野不仅来自仪器的位置,而且是来自参考坐标系中仪器的已知定向的视图。 通过观察标记,用户可以通过移动仪器来将仪器引导到目标位置,使得标记在所显示的视野中被放置或保持在给定状态。

    SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF GUIDING AN OBJECT
    72.
    发明申请
    SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF GUIDING AN OBJECT 审中-公开
    用于指导对象的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:WO2005016149A2

    公开(公告)日:2005-02-24

    申请号:PCT/GB2004/003453

    申请日:2004-08-09

    CPC classification number: A61B8/0841 A61B8/0833

    Abstract: A system for and a method of guiding an object, in particular an elongate object, such as a needle, into a region of interest, such as a body cavity, which is reached by maneuvering between hard structures, such as bone structures, for example, two adjacent vertebrae in epidural anesthesia.

    Abstract translation: 用于将物体特别是细长物体(例如针)引导到感兴趣区域(例如体腔)中的系统和方法,其通过在硬结构(例如骨骼结构)之间的操纵来达到 ,硬膜外麻醉两个相邻的椎骨。

    NEEDLE INSERTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    73.
    发明申请
    NEEDLE INSERTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS 审中-公开
    针插入系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:WO2005009509A2

    公开(公告)日:2005-02-03

    申请号:PCT/US2004/023521

    申请日:2004-07-22

    IPC: A61M

    Abstract: Embodiments of needle insertion systems (100) and related methods are disclosed. One embodiment of the needle insertion system (100) includes a transducer assembly (104) configured to radiate a sound beam (408) along a first axis (410) and detect a blood vessel (114) responsive to receiving a reflected sound beam (408); and a coupler (102b) that is configured to reflect the sound beam along a second axis (412) to and from the blood vessel, the coupler configured with a guideway (108) that is oriented along a third axis (502) that enables the needle (110) to intersect the second axis in proximity to the blood vessel.

    Abstract translation: 公开了针插入系统(100)和相关方法的实施例。 针插入系统(100)的一个实施例包括被配置为沿着第一轴线(410)辐射声束(408)并且响应于接收到反射声束(408)而检测血管(114)的换能器组件(104) ); 以及耦合器(102b),其被配置为沿着第二轴线(412)将波束反射到血管和从血管反射,所述耦合器配置有沿着第三轴线(502)定向的导轨(108),所述导轨使得 针(110)与血管附近的第二轴相交。

    PIEZO MICRO-MARKERS FOR ULTRASOUND MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS
    76.
    发明申请
    PIEZO MICRO-MARKERS FOR ULTRASOUND MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS 审中-公开
    PIEZO微型标记用于超声医学诊断

    公开(公告)号:WO2004105583A2

    公开(公告)日:2004-12-09

    申请号:PCT/US2004016417

    申请日:2004-05-24

    Inventor: TOWE BRUCE

    CPC classification number: A61B8/481 A61B8/0833

    Abstract: An imaging system is disclosed that uses piezoelectric markers. The piezoelectric fields in combination with ultrasound reflections can be used to construct an image of an otherwise difficult to detect feature within a subject's body. In one embodiment, the invention includes a piezoelectric marker, including at least one piece of piezoelectric material, an ultrasound transducer connected to an ultrasound pulser and a receiver, a computer sequencing control connected to the receiver and the ultrasound pulser, a display connected to the computer sequencing control and electrodes connected to the computer sequencing control via amplification circuitry.

    Abstract translation: 公开了一种使用压电标记的成像系统。 与超声波反射相结合的压电场可用于构建另外难以检测被检体体内特征的图像。 在一个实施例中,本发明包括压电标记,包括至少一片压电材料,连接到超声波脉冲发生器和接收器的超声换能器,连接到接收器和超声波脉冲发生器的计算机排序控制器,连接到 计算机排序控制和通过放大电路连接到计算机排序控制的电极。

    SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ACQUIRING BLOOD-VESSEL DATA
    77.
    发明申请
    SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ACQUIRING BLOOD-VESSEL DATA 审中-公开
    获取血管数据的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:WO2004017821A2

    公开(公告)日:2004-03-04

    申请号:PCT/US2003/026492

    申请日:2003-08-25

    IPC: A61B

    Abstract: A system and method is provided for substantially synchronizing the acquisition of blood-vessel data to an identifiable portion of heartbeat data. Specifically, a data-gathering device is adapted to acquire heartbeat data and blood-vessel data from a heart-monitoring device and a data-gathering probe, respectively. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the blood-vessel data is acquired during a cyclical portion of the heartbeat data. By identifying a cyclical (or commonly reoccurring) portion of the heartbeat data and acquiring blood-vessel data during this cyclical portion (or during an interval that substantially corresponds thereto), the blood vessel can be analyzed as if it were standing still -- i.e., not expanding and relaxing. In one embodiment of the present invention, the heart-monitoring device includes an EKG device, the data-gathering device includes an intra-vascular ultrasound (IVUS) device and a computing device, and the data-gathering probe includes at least one transducer. In another embodiment of the present invention, the data-gathering system further includes a retraction device adapted to move the data-gathering probe though a blood vessel at a substantially steady speed.

    Abstract translation: 提供了一种用于将血管数据的获取基本上同步到心跳数据的可识别部分的系统和方法。 具体地,数据收集装置适于分别从心脏监测装置和数据收集探针获取心跳数据和血管数据。 在本发明的优选实施例中,在心跳数据的周期部分期间获取血管数据。 通过在该循环部分(或在与其基本对应的间隔期间)识别心跳数据的周期性(或通常重复发生)部分并获取血管数据,可以分析血管,如同静置时一样 - 即 ,不扩大和放松。 在本发明的一个实施例中,所述心脏监测装置包括EKG装置,所述数据收集装置包括血管内超声(IVUS)装置和计算装置,并且所述数据收集探针包括至少一个换能器。 在本发明的另一个实施例中,数据收集系统还包括一个缩回装置,其适于以基本上稳定的速度移动通过血管的数据收集探针。

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