发明名称 |
ACTIVE LOCALIZATION AND VISUALIZATION OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE DEVICES USING ULTRASOUND |
摘要 |
Systems and methods are provided for localizing and visualizing devices with the use of an intracorporeal ultrasound imaging probe during a medical procedure. A primary intracorporeal ultrasound imaging probe is employed to image a three-dimensional region via scanning, and to locate a secondary intracorporeal device having one or more ultrasonic beacon transducers. When an A-scan vector associated with the primary intracorporeal ultrasound imaging device is directed towards one or more of the ultrasound beacon transducers of the secondary intracorporeal device, a communication signal is transmitted from the secondary intracorporeal device to a control and processing system associated with the primary intracorporeal ultrasound imaging device, either through acoustic transmission or non-acoustic transmission. Example embodiments are provided in which acoustic communication may be employed within the imaging band, or in a separate communication band distinct from the communication band. Various example dual-band, single-stack ultrasound imaging transducer embodiments are disclosed. |
申请公布号 |
EP2967496(A4) |
申请公布日期 |
2017.02.15 |
申请号 |
EP20140764920 |
申请日期 |
2014.03.14 |
申请人 |
CONAVI MEDICAL INC.;Sunnybrook Research Institute |
发明人 |
COURTNEY, Brian;LUKACS, Marc;THIND, Amandeep |
分类号 |
A61B8/12;A61B8/00;A61B8/08;A61B8/14;A61B90/00;G10K11/35 |
主分类号 |
A61B8/12 |
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