Automatic Vessel Detection Tools and Methods
AssigneeBard Access Systems, Inc.
InventorMatthew J. Prince
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is an ultrasound system for accessing a vasculature of a patient. The ultrasound system is configured to depict an enhanced ultrasound image of a subcutaneous portion of the patient including an icon surrounding a target vessel depicted on the display. The icon indicates to a clinician the target vessel is within range of a percentage vessel occupancy or vessel purchase length depending on a size of cannula or angle of insertion. The icon can also indicate blood flow strength, vessel type, or vessel deformation. The enhanced image can further include cannula trajectory guidelines and visual alerts for the clinician if the cannula tip can potentially backwall the vessel. Additional icons can indicate obstructions disposed on the cannula trajectory.
Claims18
An ultrasound system, comprising:
- an ultrasound probe;
- a display communicatively coupled to at least one processor and the ultrasound probe, the display designed to depict an ultrasound image sent from the ultrasound probe;
- and
- a non-transitory storage device communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, the non-transitory storage device having stored logic, that when executed by the at least one processor, causes performance of operations including:
- determining that motion of a target vessel depicted in the ultrasound image, as caused solely by a positional instability of the ultrasound probe, exceeds a threshold equated to normal bodily motion;
- and
- providing a first notification advising of the positional instability of the ultrasound probe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.