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US 12,138,110 B2Granted
Smart tracked interventional tools including wireless transceiver
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsKunal Vaidya, Ramon Quido Erkamp, Shyam Bharat, Ameet Kumar Jain, Douglas Allen Stanton, Francois Guy Gerard Marie Vignon
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Abstract
An apparatus for performing a medical procedure is disclosed. The apparatus includes a sensor adapted to convert an ultrasonic signal incident thereon into an electrical signal; and a wireless transceiver configured to receive the electrical signal from the sensor, and to transmit the electrical signal to a wireless receiver remotely located from the apparatus.
Claims15
A medical device for performing a medical procedure, the medical device comprising:
- a sensor located on the medical device, the sensor configured to convert an ultrasonic signal incident thereon into an electrical signal;
- a first wireless transceiver located on the medical device, the first wireless transceiver configured to receive the electrical signal from the sensor and transmit the electrical signal to a second wireless transceiver remotely located from the medical device;
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- signal processing circuitry located on the medical device, the signal processing circuitry configured to partially process the electrical signal prior to transmission to the second wireless transceiver,
- wherein as part of partially processing the electrical signal:
- the signal processing circuitry is configured to clip, from the electrical signal, a portion comprising a maximum signal intensity, and
- the first wireless transceiver is configured to transmit the clipped portion of the electrical signal to the second wireless transceiver.
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An ultrasound system, comprising:
- an ultrasound probe configured to sonify a region of interest and generate an ultrasonic signal;
- a medical device configured to perform a medical procedure with respect to the region of interest, the medical device comprising:
- a sensor located on the medical device, the sensor configured to convert the ultrasonic signal incident thereon into an electrical signal,
- a first wireless transceiver located on the medical device, the first wireless transceiver configured to receive the electrical signal from the sensor and transmit the electrical signal to a second wireless transceiver remotely located from the medical device, and
- signal processing circuitry located on the medical device, the signal processing circuitry configured to partially process the electrical signal prior to transmission to the second wireless transceiver,
- wherein as part of partially processing the electrical signal:
- the signal processor is configured to clip, from the electrical signal, a portion comprising a maximum signal intensity, and
- the first wireless transceiver is configured to transmit the clipped portion of the electrical signal to the second wireless transceiver;
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- a controller remotely located from the medical device and the ultrasound probe, the controller comprising:
- the second wireless transceiver configured to receive the partially processed electrical signal from the first wireless transceiver, and
- a processor configured to:
- receive an image of the region of interest from the ultrasound probe,
- identify a position of the medical device within the region of interest based on the partially processed electrical signal received by the second wireless transceiver, wherein the processor of the controller is configured to identify the position of the medical device based on the clipped portion of the electrical signal received by the second wireless transceiver, and
- overlay the position of the medical device on the image.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.