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US 2016/0354056 A1Published application
Device and Method for Identifying Anatomical Structures
AssigneeTruVue Surgical LLC
InventorsKern Singh, Sachin Gupta
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Abstract
A device is provided having a proximal portion and a distal portion. An ultrasound transducer is disposed within the distal portion, wherein the transducer is configured to scan tissue and detect certain portions of a patent's anatomy during the scanning process.
Claims20
A device for minimally invasive surgery, the device comprising:
- a proximal portion;
- a distal portion;
- a main body formed between the proximal and distal portions of the device having a longitudinal axis;
- and
- at least two ultrasound transducers disposed at the distal portion of the main body, where at least one of the transducers is angled with respect to the longitudinal axis of the main body where the at least one transducer is configured to scan a region that extends at least partially radially away from the longitudinal axis of the main body.
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A device for minimally invasive surgery, the device comprising:
- a proximal portion;
- a distal portion;
- a main body formed between the proximal and distal portions of the device having a longitudinal axis;
- and
- at least one ultrasound transducer disposed within the distal portion of the device and configured to scan a region adjacent to a distal end of the distal portion of the device.
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A method for identifying a target anatomy, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a device having a distal portion and at least one ultrasound transducer at least partially disposed within a main body of the device;
- scanning a patient's anatomy for the target anatomy;
- determining a voltage trace of the patient's anatomy;
- comparing the voltage trace of the patient's anatomy to the predetermined voltage trace of the target anatomy;
- and
- sending a notification if the voltage trace of the patient's anatomy matches the voltage trace of the target anatomy.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.