System for color-coding medical instrumentation and methods of use
AssigneeClear Biopsy LLC
InventorSteven Poplaw
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Abstract
A system including a biopsy needle device having a cannula with a distal end configured to sever a tissue sample, and a trocar disposed within the cannula having a notch configured to retain a tissue sample, wherein at least one of the cannula and the trocar is divided into at least two segments including different echogenic coatings, an ultrasound probe, and a processor configured and arranged to collect images from the ultrasound probe and color code the at least two segments based on at least one characteristic relating to different echogenic coatings, surface textures, surface contours and dimensions of the biopsy device.
Claims20
A percutaneous medical device, comprising:
- a plurality of portions, each portion including at least one structural or material characteristic configured to have a unique visualization under medical imaging, wherein the at least one structural or material characteristic of the each portion of the percutaneous medical device is different in a manner such that it causes the unique visualization for the each portion of the percutaneous medical device to align with a respective predetermined detection target of an imaging analysis process that includes the unique visualization under medical imaging.
A medical imaging colorization system, comprising:
- a percutaneous medical device that includes a plurality of portions, each portion configured to have a unique visualization under medical imaging, wherein the unique visualizations of the plurality of portions are configured to align with predetermined detection targets of an imaging analysis process;
- and
- an imaging analysis device that includes:
- a display;
- at least one memory storing instructions;
- and
- at least one processor operatively connected to the at least one memory and to the display, and configured to execute the instructions to perform the imaging analysis process by:
- receiving medical imaging of the percutaneous medical device within a body of a patient;
- identifying two or more of the plurality of portions by mapping the unique visualizations to portion labels associated with the predetermined detection targets;
- applying different coloring to each of the one two or more portions in the medical imaging based on the identifying;
- and
- causing the display to output the medical imaging that includes the different coloring.
A computer-implemented method of visualizing a percutaneous medical device, comprising:
- obtaining medical imaging of the percutaneous medical device within a body of a patient, the percutaneous medical device including a plurality of portions, each portion configured to have a unique visualization under medical imaging, wherein the unique visualization is caused by one or more of:
- foci positioned at predetermined regions of the plurality of portions;
- or
- a different proportion of microbubbles of a visualization material mixed with a biocompatible material;
- identifying one or more of the plurality of portions, by:
- mapping the unique visualizations of the one or more portions to predetermined detection targets;
- and
- identifying a respective portion label associated with each mapped predetermined detection target;
- applying different coloring to each of the one or more portions in the medical imaging based on the identifying;
- and
- causing a display to output the medical imaging that includes the different coloring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.