Multi-modal medical devices and systems

By designing a high-cohesion, low-coupling pattern in multimodal medical devices, where sensor modules and front-end modules are connected in a one-to-one correspondence, the problem of inconvenient information fusion in multimodal medical systems is solved, enabling the integration of multiple business functions and the efficient and low-cost application of the equipment.

CN223986428UActive Publication Date: 2026-03-10SONOSCAPE MEDICAL CORP
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CN · China
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Utility models(China)
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Filing Date
2025-03-12
Publication Date
2026-03-10

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Technical Problem

In existing multimodal medical systems, devices using different diagnostic technologies operate independently, leading to difficulties in information integration and hindering the realization of integrated business functions.

Method used

Design a multimodal medical device that achieves a high-cohesion, low-coupling working mode by connecting sensor modules to front-end modules one-to-one, enabling different types of sensor modules to be reused independently and facilitating information fusion, and employing a processing module for data storage and processing.

Benefits of technology

It integrates multiple business functions to meet the diverse examination needs of medical applications such as clinical cardiovascular catheterization labs, improves operational efficiency, reduces equipment costs, and supports the rapid productization of enterprise platforms and the flexible configuration of clinical products.

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Abstract

The embodiment of the utility model provides multi-mode medical equipment and a multi-mode medical system. The multi-modal medical equipment comprises at least one group of front-end modules used for being connected with at least one group of sensor modules in a one-to-one correspondence mode, the at least one group of sensor modules comprises at least two sensor modules in one-to-one correspondence with at least two modalities, and each sensor module is used for collecting medical signals of the corresponding modality; different groups of sensor modules correspond to different sensor types, and each group of front-end modules is used for receiving medical signals acquired by the corresponding group of sensor modules and performing front-end processing on the received medical signals so as to convert the medical signals into medical data in a digital form; and the processing module is connected with the at least one group of front-end modules and is used for receiving the medical data transmitted by the at least one group of front-end modules and storing and processing the received medical data. According to the scheme, a high-cohesion and low-coupling working mode of the multi-mode medical equipment can be realized, and information fusion can be realized conveniently.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to medical data management field, specifically, relate to a kind of multimode medical equipment, multimode medical system. BACKGROUND

[0002] With the rapid development of medical technology, the application of multimode medical system is more and more widely. Multimode medical system is a comprehensive medical data acquisition system, which can acquire and analyze medical data of multiple different modalities (i.e. different examination types). Taking the catheter room of cardiology department as an example, the catheter room of cardiology department can integrate multiple cardiovascular diagnostic techniques, such as digital subtraction angiography (DSA), intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), etc., which makes up for the shortcomings of single diagnostic technique, forms a cardiovascular integrated solution, and can provide strong diagnostic technical support from the field of imaging and functional.

[0003] Although the current multimode medical system can integrate multiple diagnostic techniques, the diagnostic equipment corresponding to different diagnostic techniques is still independent of each other, which is not conducive to the integration of multiple business functions and is not convenient for information fusion. SUMMARY

[0004] The present utility model is proposed to solve the above problems. The embodiments of the present utility model provide a multimode medical device and a multimode medical system. This scheme can realize a high cohesion and low coupling working mode of the multimode medical device, so that the medical platform corresponding to different sensor types can be independently reused and information fusion is facilitated, which helps to meet the goals of rapid productization of enterprise platform and flexible configuration of clinical products.

[0005] According to one aspect of the present utility model, a multimode medical device is provided, comprising: at least one group of front-end modules, for one-to-one connection with at least one group of sensor modules, the at least one group of sensor modules comprising at least two sensor modules corresponding to at least two modalities, each sensor module being used to acquire medical signals of the corresponding modality, the sensor types corresponding to different groups of sensor modules being different, each front-end module being used to receive medical signals acquired by the corresponding group of sensor modules and perform front-end processing on the received medical signals to convert the medical signals into digital medical data; a processing module connected with the at least one group of front-end modules, for receiving medical data transmitted by the at least one group of front-end modules and storing and processing the received medical data.

[0006] For example, at least two sensor modules belong to sensor types including one or more of the following: mechanical rotating ultrasound probe, electronic array ultrasound probe, fractional flow reserve catheter or guidewire, and digital subtraction angiography camera.

[0007] For example, when at least two sensor modules belong to a sensor type including an electronic array ultrasound probe, a set of sensor modules corresponding to the electronic array ultrasound probe includes one or more of the following: a first electronic array ultrasound probe for acquiring transcardiac ultrasound signals, a second electronic array ultrasound probe for acquiring transthoracic ultrasound signals, and a third electronic array ultrasound probe for acquiring transesophageal ultrasound signals; the medical signals include one or more of the following: transcardiac ultrasound signals, transthoracic ultrasound signals, and transesophageal ultrasound signals.

[0008] For example, the front-end module connected to a set of sensor modules corresponding to a mechanically rotating ultrasound probe is connected to the processing module via a universal serial bus or network, and / or, the front-end module connected to a set of sensor modules corresponding to an electronic array ultrasound probe is connected to the processing module via a peripheral component interconnect high-speed bus, and / or, the front-end module connected to a set of sensor modules corresponding to a fractional flow reserve probe is connected to the processing module via Bluetooth or a serial interface.

[0009] For example, for each of the groups of front-end modules in at least one group of front-end modules, the group of front-end modules includes a single front-end module, and the single front-end module is connected to each sensor module in the corresponding group of sensor modules.

[0010] For example, for each of the groups of one or more front-end modules in at least one group of front-end modules, the group of front-end modules includes a preset number of front-end modules, the preset number being the number of sensor modules in the corresponding group of sensor modules, and each front-end module in the group of front-end modules is connected to each sensor module in the corresponding group of sensor modules in a one-to-one correspondence.

[0011] For example, the multimodal medical device includes a host and the host includes a processing module, or the processing module is the host; wherein the host includes an interface module, the interface module includes one or more interfaces, each interface in the interface module is connected to any one of at least a set of front-end modules; the processing module is also configured to control the gating state of each interface in the interface module to communicate with the front-end module connected to the gating interface.

[0012] For example, the multimodal medical device also includes an input module, and a processing module is connected to the input module. The input module is used to receive modality type information input by the user, and the processing module is also used to receive the modality type information from the input module and control the gating state of each interface in the interface module according to the modality type information.

[0013] For example, the interface module includes one or more interfaces selected from network interface, universal serial bus interface, peripheral component interconnect high-speed bus interface, Bluetooth interface and serial interface.

[0014] According to another aspect of the present invention, a multimodal medical system is also provided, including the above-mentioned multimodal medical device and the at least one set of sensor modules.

[0015] The multimodal medical device according to this utility model embodiment can collect multimodal medical data and integrate multiple business functions into one, meeting the diverse examination needs in medical application fields such as clinical cardiovascular catheterization laboratories. Furthermore, in this multimodal medical device, different types of sensor modules are processed independently using different sets of front-end modules, allowing information collected by different types of sensor modules to be processed without interference. This achieves a highly cohesive and loosely coupled working mode for the multimodal medical device, enabling medical platforms corresponding to different sensor types to be independently reused while facilitating information fusion. This helps meet the goals of rapid productization of enterprise platforms and flexible configuration of clinical products.

[0016] The above description is merely an overview of the technical solution of this utility model. In order to better understand the technical means of this utility model and to implement it in accordance with the contents of the specification, and to make the above and other objects, features and advantages of this utility model more obvious and understandable, specific embodiments of this utility model are given below. Attached Figure Description

[0017] The above and other objects, features, and advantages of this utility model will become more apparent from the more detailed description of the embodiments thereof in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The drawings are provided to further illustrate the embodiments of this utility model and form part of the specification. They are used together with the embodiments of this utility model to explain the utility model and do not constitute a limitation thereof. In the drawings, the same reference numerals generally represent the same components or steps.

[0018] Figure 1 A schematic block diagram of a multimodal medical device and related sensor modules according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown.

[0019] Figure 2 This diagram illustrates the architecture of a multimodal medical device and related sensor modules according to an embodiment of the present invention. Detailed Implementation

[0020] To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of this utility model more apparent, exemplary embodiments according to this utility model will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are merely some embodiments of this utility model, and not all embodiments of this utility model. It should be understood that this utility model is not limited to the exemplary embodiments described herein. Based on the embodiments of this utility model described herein, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without inventive effort should fall within the protection scope of this utility model.

[0021] In order to at least partially solve the above-mentioned technical problems, this utility model provides a multimodal medical device. Figure 1 A schematic block diagram of a multimodal medical device and related sensor modules according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown. Figure 1 As shown, the multimodal medical device 110 includes at least one set of front-end modules (represented by the first set of front-end modules 114-1, the second set of front-end modules 114-2... the Nth set of front-end modules 114-N, where N is the number of sets of front-end modules) and a processing module 112.

[0022] At least one set of front-end modules is used to connect one-to-one with at least one set of sensor modules (represented by sensor module 120-1, sensor module 120-2, ..., sensor module 120-N, where N is the number of sensor modules). Each set of sensor modules includes at least two sensor modules corresponding to at least two modes. Each sensor module is used to acquire medical signals for its corresponding mode. Different sets of sensor modules correspond to different sensor types. Each set of front-end modules is used to receive the medical signals acquired by its corresponding set of sensor modules and perform front-end processing on the received medical signals. The medical signals are electrical signals, and the front-end processing can convert them into digital medical data.

[0023] At least one group of sensor modules contains two or more sensor modules and is capable of acquiring at least two modalities of medical signals. The medical signals are electrical signals, and the front-end module can convert analog medical signals into digital medical data. Sensor modules in a multimodal medical device can be divided into at least one group based on sensor type. Different groups of sensor modules correspond to different sensor types, while the sensor types corresponding to each sensor module within the same group are identical. For example, the sensor types corresponding to sensor modules in a multimodal medical device may include mechanical rotating ultrasound probes, electronic array ultrasound probes, and fractional flow reserve catheters or guidewires (i.e., FFR catheters or guidewires). Accordingly, the sensor modules can be divided into three groups: the first group corresponds to mechanical rotating ultrasound probes, the second group to electronic array ultrasound probes, and the third group to fractional flow reserve probes. The number of sensor modules in each group can be greater than or equal to one, and can be set as needed.

[0024] The number of front-end module groups matches the number of sensor module groups. Each front-end module group corresponds to a unique set of sensor modules, meaning each front-end module group corresponds to a unique sensor type. Different types of sensor modules correspond to different front-end module groups. The number of front-end modules in each front-end module group can be greater than or equal to one. When the number of front-end modules in any front-end module group is equal to one, this single front-end module can connect to all sensor modules in the corresponding group to receive medical signals sent by all sensor modules. When the number of front-end modules in any front-end module group is greater than one, each front-end module can connect to some sensor modules in the corresponding group to receive medical signals sent by the connected sensor modules. For example, for any group of sensor modules, when the number of sensor modules in the group is greater than or equal to two, all sensor modules in the group can share the same front-end module, in which case the number of front-end modules in the corresponding front-end module group is one. Alternatively, for any group of sensor modules, if the number of sensor modules in the group is greater than or equal to 2, each sensor module in the group can have a unique front-end module. In this case, the number of front-end modules in the corresponding front-end module group is the same as the number of sensor modules in the group. Alternatively, for any group of sensor modules, if the number of sensor modules in the group is greater than or equal to 3, some sensor modules in the group can share the same front-end module, while the remaining sensor modules can each have a unique front-end module. In this case, the number of front-end modules in the corresponding front-end module group is greater than 1 and less than the number of sensor modules in the group.

[0025] For example, when the sensor module is an ultrasound probe, such as a mechanically rotating ultrasound probe or an electronic array ultrasound probe, the front-end module can be an ultrasound front-end module. In this case, the front-end module can also be used to send ultrasound control signals to the corresponding sensor module to control the sensor module to send ultrasound waves. For example, when the sensor module is a fractional flow reserve catheter or guidewire, the front-end module can be a fractional flow reserve pressure detection module (i.e., an FFR pressure detection module).

[0026] The processing module is connected to at least one set of front-end modules and is used to receive medical data transmitted by at least one set of front-end modules and to store and process the received medical data.

[0027] The processing module can include any suitable processing device with data processing and / or instruction execution capabilities. For example, the processing module can be implemented using one or more of the following: programmable logic controller (PLC), digital signal processor (DSP), field-programmable gate array (FPGA), programmable logic array (PLA), central processing unit (CPU), application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), microcontroller unit (MCU), and other forms of processing units. Exemplarily, a multimodal medical device can include a host computer, and the processing module can be a processor within that host computer or the host computer itself. The processing module can receive medical data from at least one set of front-end modules and store and process the medical data. The method of storing and processing medical data for each modality can be implemented using any existing medical data storage and processing algorithm; this invention does not involve improvements to this technology.

[0028] The multimodal medical device according to this utility model embodiment can collect multimodal medical data and integrate multiple business functions into one, meeting the diverse examination needs in medical application fields such as clinical cardiovascular catheterization laboratories. Furthermore, in this multimodal medical device, different types of sensor modules are processed independently using different sets of front-end modules, allowing information collected by different types of sensor modules to be processed without interference. This achieves a highly cohesive and loosely coupled working mode for the multimodal medical device, enabling medical platforms corresponding to different sensor types to be independently reused while facilitating information fusion. This helps meet the goals of rapid productization of enterprise platforms and flexible configuration of clinical products.

[0029] For example, at least two sensor modules belong to sensor types including one or more of the following: mechanical rotating ultrasound probe, electronic array ultrasound probe, fractional flow reserve catheter or guidewire, and digital subtraction angiography camera.

[0030] Figure 2 This diagram illustrates the architecture of a multimodal medical device and related sensor modules according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 2As shown, the sensor modules include three types: mechanical rotating ultrasound probes, electronic array ultrasound probes, and FFR catheters / guidewires. Mechanical rotating ultrasound probes can acquire IVUS signals and transmit them to the corresponding front-end module (i.e., the IVUS ultrasound front-end module, also known as the IVUS front-end module). Electronic array ultrasound probes can acquire Intracardiac Echocardiography (ICE), Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE), or Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) signals. It should be noted that ICE, TTE, and TEE signals can be acquired by different sensor modules; however, the sensor modules used to acquire these three signals all belong to the electronic array ultrasound probe type. The ICE, TTE, and TEE signals acquired by the sensor modules can be transmitted to the corresponding front-end modules (i.e., ICE ultrasound front-end module, TTE ultrasound front-end module, and TEE ultrasound front-end module, also known as ICE front-end module, TTE front-end module, and TEE front-end module, respectively). FFR catheters / guidewires can acquire FFR signals and transmit them to the corresponding front-end module (i.e., the FFR pressure detection module, also known as the FFR front-end module). Figure 2 The DSA camera and its corresponding front-end module are not shown, but by referring to other types of sensor modules, the structure and working principle of the DSA camera and its corresponding front-end module can be understood.

[0031] According to the above embodiments, multimodal medical devices combined with sensor modules can collect various medical data, including DSA data, IVUS data, FFR data, ICE data, TTE data, and TEE data. This helps to achieve integrated data collection and analysis of cardiovascular data and has a wide range of application scenarios.

[0032] For example, when at least two sensor modules belong to a sensor type including an electronic array ultrasound probe, a set of sensor modules corresponding to the electronic array ultrasound probe includes one or more of the following: a first electronic array ultrasound probe for acquiring transcardiac ultrasound signals, a second electronic array ultrasound probe for acquiring transthoracic ultrasound signals, and a third electronic array ultrasound probe for acquiring transesophageal ultrasound signals; the medical signals include one or more of the following: transcardiac ultrasound signals, transthoracic ultrasound signals, and transesophageal ultrasound signals.

[0033] Continue to refer to Figure 2This illustration shows an electronic array ultrasound probe for acquiring ICE, TTE, and TEE signals. Exemplarily, this electronic array ultrasound probe may specifically include a first electronic array ultrasound probe for acquiring ICE signals, a second electronic array ultrasound probe for acquiring TTE signals, and a third electronic array ultrasound probe for acquiring TEE signals. Electronic array ultrasound probes offer advantages such as high resolution, flexible directional control, and real-time imaging. Acquiring ICE, TTE, and TEE signals using an electronic array ultrasound probe facilitates rapid and accurate cardiac ultrasound imaging.

[0034] For example, the front-end module connected to a set of sensor modules corresponding to a mechanically rotating ultrasound probe is connected to the processing module via a universal serial bus or network; the front-end module connected to a set of sensor modules corresponding to an electronic array ultrasound probe is connected to the processing module via a peripheral component interconnect high-speed bus; and the front-end module connected to a set of sensor modules corresponding to a fractional flow reserve probe is connected to the processing module via Bluetooth or a serial interface.

[0035] Continue to refer to Figure 2 The IVUS ultrasound front-end module can connect and communicate with the processing module via USB or network. The ICE / TTE / TEE ultrasound front-end module can connect and communicate with the processing module via Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIE). The FFR pressure detection module can connect and communicate with the processing module via Bluetooth or a serial interface. Different modalities of medical data transmission have different requirements, and appropriate communication methods can be used to transmit data between the front-end module and the processing module as needed. The above-mentioned adaptive communication methods for different modalities of medical data can effectively accommodate requirements such as transmission rate and stability.

[0036] For example, for each of the groups of front-end modules in at least one group of front-end modules, the group of front-end modules includes a single front-end module, and the single front-end module is connected to each sensor module in the corresponding group of sensor modules.

[0037] As mentioned above, different sensor modules of the same sensor type can share a front-end module. For example, Figure 2The ICE, TTE, and TEE ultrasound front-end modules shown can be integrated into a single ultrasound front-end module. Since ICE, TTE, and TEE signals are quite similar, their front-end processing logic is also similar; therefore, a single ultrasound front-end module can be used for unified processing. In this case, ICE, TTE, and TEE signals can be acquired separately at different time periods. This integrated front-end module approach helps simplify the hardware structure and reduce hardware design and usage costs.

[0038] For example, for each of the groups of one or more front-end modules in at least one group of front-end modules, the group of front-end modules includes a preset number of front-end modules, the preset number being the number of sensor modules in the corresponding group of sensor modules, and each front-end module in the group of front-end modules is connected to each sensor module in the corresponding group of sensor modules in a one-to-one correspondence.

[0039] As mentioned above, each sensor module of the same sensor type can correspond to a unique front-end module. For example, Figure 2 The ICE, TTE, and TEE ultrasound front-end modules shown can exist independently of each other. This approach allows multiple sensor modules of the same sensor type to simultaneously acquire corresponding medical signals, improving the efficiency of medical data acquisition and processing.

[0040] The multimodal medical device in this embodiment of the invention achieves integration while ensuring the functionality, performance, and safety of each service. It meets the diverse examination needs of clinical cardiovascular catheterization labs, improves clinical operational efficiency, reduces hospital equipment costs, enhances space utilization, and satisfies the goals of rapid productization of enterprise platforms and flexible configuration of clinical products. The multimodal medical device in this embodiment employs a highly cohesive, low-coupling independent sub-platform to achieve integrated design. Each independent sub-platform (including a set of sensor modules and a corresponding set of front-end modules) can be considered an independent module, and each independent module can be designed as a single service product to meet specific clinical needs. Each single service product possesses data transmission and reception capabilities, a general processing platform, and service processing software, enabling the reuse and information fusion of independent sub-platforms.

[0041] For example, the multimodal medical device includes a host and the host includes a processing module, or the processing module is the host; wherein the host includes an interface module, the interface module includes one or more interfaces, each interface in the interface module is connected to any one of at least a set of front-end modules; the processing module is also configured to control the gating state of each interface in the interface module to communicate with the front-end module connected to the gating interface.

[0042] In one embodiment, the multimodal medical device includes a host computer, which includes a processing module, i.e., the processing module may be contained within the host computer, such as a processor within the host computer. Optionally, the host computer may also include a memory. In another embodiment, the processing module may be the host computer of the multimodal medical device itself. Optionally, the processing module may include a memory, or the multimodal medical device may include a memory. The processing module may store medical data received from the front-end module in the memory. Of course, optionally, during the processing of medical data, the processing module may also store various intermediate or final processing results of the medical data in the memory. The memory may be any type of memory, including but not limited to memory cards of smartphones, storage components of tablet computers, hard drives of personal computers, read-only memory (ROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), USB memory, or any combination of the above storage media.

[0043] When the processing module is included within a host, the host may include an interface module. When the processing module is the host, the host may also include an interface module. An interface module may include one or more interfaces, each interface of which connects to any one of at least one set of front-end modules. Different interfaces may connect to different front-end modules. The types of interfaces connected to any two front-end modules may be the same or different; for example, the types of interfaces connected to the same set of front-end modules may be the same. The processing module also controls the gating state of each interface in the interface module to communicate with the front-end module connected to that interface through the gating interface. When the processing module is included within a host, the host may connect to each interface in the interface module to control the gating state of each interface. When the processing module is the host itself, each interface in the interface module can be an interface of the processing module. The processing module may employ any existing interface control technology to control the gating state of each interface. When an interface is in a gating state, the processing module can communicate with the front-end module connected to that interface through each interface to obtain medical data of the corresponding modality from the front-end module.

[0044] Using the above scheme, the processing module can be contained within the host of the multimodal medical device or be the host of the multimodal medical device itself. The processing module can control the selection state of each interface in the host's interface module so that it can communicate with the front-end module through the interface when needed. This scheme can achieve active communication control of the front-end module through the combination of the processing module and the interface module. That is, the modality of the medical data that the multimodal medical device can collect can be selected and controlled by the combination of the processing module and the interface module.

[0045] For example, the multimodal medical device also includes an input module, and a processing module is connected to the input module. The input module is used to receive modality type information input by the user, and the processing module is also used to receive the modality type information from the input module and control the gating state of each interface in the interface module according to the modality type information.

[0046] The input module can be any module capable of input functionality, including but not limited to one or more of the following: mouse, keyboard, touchpad, touchscreen, microphone, etc. Users can input the desired modality type information through the input module. This modality type information indicates the selected modality type. The method for users to input modality type information through the input module can employ conventional input methods. For example, users can input modality type information by performing shortcut key input, control selection, or mouse clicks. For instance, if a user needs to collect IVUS data, they can input the modality type information corresponding to IVUS, indicating that IVUS data is currently being collected. The processing module can then accordingly control the interface selection connected to the IVUS front-end module to obtain IVUS data from it.

[0047] By adopting the above solution, the input module allows users to define the current working mode of the multimodal medical device (i.e., what modality of medical data to collect), which can meet the personalized data collection needs of different users. This helps to improve the user experience of multimodal medical devices and expand the application scenarios of multimodal medical devices.

[0048] For example, the interface module includes one or more interfaces selected from network interface, universal serial bus interface, peripheral component interconnect high-speed bus interface, Bluetooth interface, and serial interface. As described above, the processing module can communicate with the front-end module via USB, network, PCIe, Bluetooth, or serial interface, etc. Therefore, the interface module may include one or more interfaces selected from network interface, USB interface, PCIe interface, Bluetooth interface, and serial interface. Of course, the above interface types are merely examples, and the interface of the present invention can be implemented using other suitable interface types.

[0049] Network interfaces, USB interfaces, PCIe interfaces, Bluetooth interfaces, and serial interfaces offer fast data transmission speeds and stable performance, which can effectively meet the reliability and low latency requirements of medical device data transmission.

[0050] According to another aspect of this utility model, a multimodal medical system is provided, including the aforementioned multimodal medical device and at least one set of sensor modules. The structure and working principle of the multimodal medical system can be understood by referring to the above description of the multimodal medical device and sensor modules, and will not be repeated here.

[0051] Although exemplary embodiments have been described herein with reference to the accompanying drawings, it should be understood that the above exemplary embodiments are merely illustrative and are not intended to limit the scope of this application. Various changes and modifications can be made therein by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of this application. All such changes and modifications are intended to be included within the scope of this application as claimed in the appended claims.

[0052] Furthermore, those skilled in the art will understand that although some embodiments described herein include certain features but not others included in other embodiments, combinations of features from different embodiments are intended to be within the scope of this application and form different embodiments. For example, in the claims, any one of the claimed embodiments can be used in any combination.

[0053] It should be noted that the above embodiments are illustrative of this application and not limiting of it, and that those skilled in the art can devise alternative embodiments without departing from the scope of the appended claims. In the claims, any reference signs placed between parentheses should not be construed as limiting the claims. The word "comprising" does not exclude the presence of elements or steps not listed in the claims. The word "a" or "an" preceding an element does not exclude the presence of a plurality of such elements.

[0054] The above description is merely a specific embodiment or illustration of the embodiments of this application. The scope of protection of this application is not limited thereto. Any variations or substitutions that can be easily conceived by those skilled in the art within the scope of the technology disclosed in this application should be included within the scope of protection of this application. The scope of protection of this application shall be determined by the scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A multi-modal medical device, characterized by, Comprise: at least one set of front-end modules, for connecting with at least one set of sensor modules in one-to-one correspondence, the at least one set of sensor modules comprising at least two sensor modules corresponding to at least two modalities, each sensor module being used to collect medical signals of the corresponding modality, and the sensor types corresponding to different sets of sensor modules being different, and each set of front-end modules being used to receive medical signals collected by the corresponding set of sensor modules and perform front-end processing on the received medical signals to convert the medical signals into digital medical data; a processing module connected with the at least one set of front-end modules, for receiving the medical data transmitted by the at least one set of front-end modules and storing and processing the received medical data.

2. The multi-modality medical device of claim 1, wherein, The sensor types to which the at least two sensor modules belong include one or more of the following: a mechanical rotary ultrasonic probe, an electronic array ultrasonic probe, a blood flow reserve fraction catheter or guide wire, and a digital subtraction angiography camera.

3. The multi-modality medical device of claim 2, wherein, When the sensor types to which the at least two sensor modules belong include the electronic array ultrasonic probe, The set of sensor modules corresponding to the electronic array ultrasonic probe includes one or more of the following: a first electronic array ultrasonic probe for collecting transcardiac cardiac ultrasound signals, a second electronic array ultrasonic probe for collecting transthoracic cardiac ultrasound signals, and a third electronic array ultrasonic probe for collecting transesophageal cardiac ultrasound signals; The medical signals include one or more of the following: the transcardiac cardiac ultrasound signals, the transthoracic cardiac ultrasound signals, and the transesophageal cardiac ultrasound signals.

4. The multi-modality medical device of claim 2, wherein, The front-end module connected with the set of sensor modules corresponding to the mechanical rotary ultrasonic probe is connected with the processing module through a universal serial bus or a network, and / or The front-end module connected with the set of sensor modules corresponding to the electronic array ultrasonic probe is connected with the processing module through a peripheral component interconnect express bus, and / or The front-end module connected with the set of sensor modules corresponding to the blood flow reserve fraction probe is connected with the processing module through Bluetooth or a serial interface.

5. The multi-modality medical device of any of claims 1-4, wherein, For each of any one or more of the at least one set of front-end modules, the set of front-end modules comprises a single front-end module connected with each sensor module in the corresponding set of sensor modules.

6. The multi-modality medical device of any of claims 1-4, wherein, For each of any one or more of the at least one set of front-end modules, the set of front-end modules comprises a preset number of front-end modules, the preset number being the number of sensor modules in the corresponding set of sensor modules, and each front-end module in the set of front-end modules is connected with each sensor module in the corresponding set of sensor modules in one-to-one correspondence.

7. The multi-modality medical device of any of claims 1-4, wherein, The multi-modality medical device comprises a host computer, and the host computer comprises the processing module, or the processing module is a host computer; wherein The host computer comprises an interface module, the interface module comprises one or more interfaces, and each interface in the interface module is connected with any front-end module in the at least one set of front-end modules. The processing module is further configured to control the gating state of each interface in the interface module to communicate with the front-end module connected to the interface through the gated interface.

8. The multi-modality medical device of claim 7, wherein, The multi-modal medical device further comprises an input module, the processing module is connected with the input module, The input module is configured to receive the modal type information input by a user, and the processing module is further configured to receive the modal type information from the input module and control the gating state of each interface in the interface module according to the modal type information.

9. The multi-modality medical device of claim 7, wherein, The interface module comprises one or more of a network interface, a universal serial bus interface, a peripheral component interconnect express bus interface, a Bluetooth interface and a serial interface.

10. A multi-modal medical system, characterized by, The multi-modal medical device comprises the at least one set of sensor modules and the multi-modal medical device according to any one of claims 1-9.