Invention Application
- Patent Title: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LUNG VISUALIZATION USING ULTRASOUND
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Application No.: US16159895Application Date: 2018-10-15
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Publication No.: US20190046070A1Publication Date: 2019-02-14
- Inventor: JOSEPH D. BRANNAN , WILLIAM J. DICKHANS , CASEY M. LADTKOW , DARION R. PETERSON
- Applicant: COVIDIEN LP
- Main IPC: A61B5/06
- IPC: A61B5/06 ; A61B8/00 ; A61B5/113 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B8/12 ; A61B8/08 ; A61B1/267

Abstract:
A system for ultrasound interrogation of a lung includes a memory, an electromagnetic (EM) board, an extended working channel (EWC), an EM sensor, a US transducer, and a processor. The memory stores a three dimensional (3D) model, a pathway plan for navigating a luminal network. An EM board generates an EM field. The EWC is configured to navigate the luminal network of a patient toward a target following the pathway plan and the EM sensor extends distally from the EWC and senses the EM field. The US transducer extends distally from a distal end of the EWC and generates US waves and receives US waves reflected from the luminal network and the processor processes the sensed EM field to synchronize a location of the EM sensor in the 3D model, to process the reflected US waves to generate images, or to integrate the generated images with the 3D model.
Public/Granted literature
- US11925452B2 System and method for lung visualization using ultrasound Public/Granted day:2024-03-12
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