ULTRASOUND VASCULAR NAVIGATION DEVICES AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:WO2019096599A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-23

    申请号:PCT/EP2018/080105

    申请日:2018-11-05

    Abstract: Ultrasound image devices, systems, and methods are provided. In one embodiment, an ultrasound device includes a first ultrasound component (210) configured to generate a first signal representative of a subject's anatomy along a first axis; a second ultrasound component (220) configured to generate a second signal representative of the subject's anatomy along a second axis, the first axis disposed at an angle with respect to the second axis; and a processing component (420) in communication with the first ultrasound component and the second ultrasound component, the processing component configured to determine an orientation of the ultrasound device with respect to the subject's anatomy based on the first signal and the second signal. In one embodiment, the processing component is further configured to indicate, via visual indicators (132, 240) on the ultrasound device, a direction to orient the ultrasound device based on the determined orientation for aligning the ultrasound device with the subject's anatomy.

    URINE TURBIDITY MONITORING
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:WO2018185021A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-11

    申请号:PCT/EP2018/058265

    申请日:2018-03-29

    Abstract: A wearable bladder monitoring device is disclosed (1) comprising securing means (27, 29) for securing the device to a subject's (40) body; a phased array (11) of ultrasound transducers (10) having configurable output frequencies; a configurable phased array controller (13) adapted to control the phased array to direct ultrasound beams (30, 30', 30") into the subject's body under a plurality of discrete beam angles and to collect echo signals (31, 31', 31") of said ultrasound beams, wherein the phased array controller (13) is adapted to direct a set of ultrasound beams (30, 30', 30") into the subject's body for at least a subset of said discrete beam angles in response to a configuration instruction defining the respective output frequencies of the ultrasound beams in said set; and a device communication module (21) for communicating data pertaining to said echo signals to a remote device (5) to facilitate the remote processing of said data and to receive said configuration instruction from the remote device. Also disclosed is a wearable bladder monitoring system adapted to generate such a configuration instruction for the estimation of the degree of turbidity of urine contained in the monitored bladder with the wearable bladder monitoring device, as well as a computer-implemented method and computer program product for facilitating such urine turbidity estimation.

    ULTRASOUND PATCH, AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POSITIONING THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:WO2021083849A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-06

    申请号:PCT/EP2020/080092

    申请日:2020-10-27

    Abstract: The invention provides an ultrasound patch (710) comprising a first array group (720) comprising a primary transducer array (730) having a first orientation and a second array group (740) comprising at least two secondary transducer arrays (750) each having an orientation different from the first orientation. The second array group is arranged such that the at least two secondary transducer arrays are located at either side of the primary transducer array. The first array group or the second array group may be used to capture preliminary ultrasound data for positioning the ultrasound patch. The primary transducer array and the at least two secondary transducer arrays may comprise CMUTs, and the ultrasound patch may comprise a flip chip connection. Also disclosed are a system and a method for positioning the ultrasound patch on a surface of a subject.

    A PATCH SENSOR FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE
    6.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:WO2020193414A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-01

    申请号:PCT/EP2020/057802

    申请日:2020-03-20

    Abstract: A patch sensor adapted to process echo information to generate a first type of medical data and/or a second, different type of medical data using a respective processing pathway. A communications module of the patch sensor is adapted to be switchable between a first mode, in which only the first type of medical data is transmitted to a medical device, and a second mode, in which at least the second type of medical data is transmitted to the 5 medical device. The first type of medical data occupies a smaller bandwidth (during transmittal) than the second type of medical data.

    INTERVENTIONAL DEVICE POSITIONING USING ULTRASOUND SIGNALS

    公开(公告)号:WO2020030746A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-13

    申请号:PCT/EP2019/071335

    申请日:2019-08-08

    Abstract: A system for determining a position of an interventional device (11) respective an imaging field (B 1..k ) corresponding to a type (T 1..n ) of a beamforming ultrasound imaging probe (13) currently connected to an ultrasound imaging system (14). The position is determined based on ultrasound signals transmitted between the beamforming ultrasound imaging probe (13) and an ultrasound transducer (15) attached to the interventional device (11). An image reconstruction unit (IRU) provides a reconstructed ultrasound image (RUI) corresponding to the imaging field (B 1..k ). A position determination unit (PDU) receives input indicative of the type (T 1..n ) of the beamforming ultrasound imaging probe (13) currently connected to the ultrasound imaging system (14). The position determination unit (PDU) also computes a position (LAP TOFSmax, θIPA ) of the ultrasound transducer (15) respective the imaging field (B 1..k ). Computing the position (LAP TOFSmax, θIPA ) comprises selecting from a group of beam sequences corresponding to a plurality of imaging probe types (T 1..n ) a beam sequence corresponding to the type (T 1..n ) of the beamforming ultrasound imaging probe (13) currently connected to the ultrasound imaging system (14) and assigning detected ultrasound signals to the selected beam sequence.

    ULTRASOUND CONTROLLER UNIT AND METHOD
    8.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:WO2020020692A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-30

    申请号:PCT/EP2019/069057

    申请日:2019-07-16

    Abstract: An ultrasound controller unit (22) for controlling an ultrasound transducer unit (24) in acquiring ultrasound data for the purpose of deriving one or more physiological parameter measurements. The controller is adapted to control weighting coefficients applied to transmit and receive signals of each of a plurality of transducer elements (26) of the transducer unit. The controller is adapted to detect any artifact in received data affecting (e.g. obscuring) the output path of one or more of the transducers, and to identify the affected transducer elements. The weighting coefficients of the non-affected transducer elements are then adjusted so as to minimize an estimated noise component in the parameter measurement, if derived using only the non-affected transducer elements. Measurements of the one or more parameters are then derived by collecting data from the non-affected transducers only, these being configured with the optimized weighting coefficients.

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