44 results about "Hand held ultrasound" patented technology

A handheld ultrasound instrument is disclosed having enhanced diagnostic modes including pulse / continuous wave Doppler, time-motion analysis, spectral analysis and tissue harmonic imaging. An external electrocardiograph (ECG) recording unit is also disclosed. The ECG unit is adaptable to be used with the handheld ultrasound instrument to provide for ECG monitoring while performing an ultrasound scan in B-mode, Doppler, color Doppler, M-mode, and CW / PW mode. The enhanced handheld ultrasound instrument further includes a security mechanism allowing any combination of the diagnostic modes to be enabled by the manufacturer, and later to enable or disable any one or group of the diagnostic modes. The invention also discloses a method for a manufacturer to maintain a database of handheld ultrasound instrument capabilities after the instruments enter the stream of commerce.

Method and systems for medical ultrasound imaging using a handheld ultrasound imaging system is provided. The ultrasound system includes a probe configured to acquire scan data from an object and a handheld device configured to process the received scan data and perform image compounding.

A hand-held ultrasound system includes integrated electronics within an ergonomic housing. The electronics includes control circuitry, beamforming and circuitry transducer drive circuitry. The electronics communicate with a host computer using an industry standard high speed serial bus. The ultrasonic imaging system is operable on a standard, commercially available, user computing device without specific hardware modifications, and is adapted to interface with an external application without modification to the ultrasonic imaging system to allow a user to gather ultrasonic data on a standard user computing device such as a PC, and employ the data so gathered via an independent external application without requiring a custom system, expensive hardware modifications, or system rebuilds. An integrated interface program allows such ultrasonic data to be invoked by a variety of such external applications having access to the integrated interface program via a standard, predetermined platform such as visual basic or c++.

A hand-held ultrasound system includes integrated electronics within an ergonomic housing. The electronics includes control circuitry, beamforming and circuitry transducer drive circuitry. The electronics communicate with a host computer using an industry standard high speed serial bus.

A vascular access device ultrasound guidance system which provides a novel ultrasound imaging head interface for vessel access. The system comprises a fitted basket / VAD guide for attachment to a hand held ultrasound transducer. The VAD guide, being integrally molded to the fitted basket, comprises a releasible guide assembly for a VAD needle guide. In addition, the needle guide assembly comprises means for anchoring the VAD to a patient's skin following successful insertion. A magnetic needle guide system is disclosed. A fluid sampling device which integrates needle guidance and, safety needle capture in a single guide head is also disclosed.

In the case of disease in the respiratory organs of creatures, which especially inhabit in terms of overcrowding, the danger of spreading a disease throughout the entire breeding farm is perfectly evident. The use of traditional methods, such as the stethoscope, for examining the respiratory organs of each creature, in the mode of their direct contact listening, is impossible in most due to the specific spatial arrangement of creatures in breeding farms and / or infectious danger to a veterinary. Moreover, the acoustic signs of the said illness at its early stage cannot be heard audibly with use of traditional methods. The present invention provides a novel method of ultrasound non-contact early detection of respiratory diseases in fowl and mammals, and other breathing creatures of animate nature, wherein innovative technology is applied for revealing the suspected minimal unit group with sick creature(s); wherein the said technology includes at least the following interrelated techniques: I-Stationary 3-D Surveying Technique that enables to identify vectored direction(s) to suspected sections in total creatures' inhabiting area by electronically scanning the said total area with 3-D array of ultrasonic transducers. II-Portable 2-D Inspection Technique that permits to verify disposition of perfect suspected sectional area by locating around each suspected inhabiting section with portable and hand-held ultrasonic detecting devices. III-Local 1-D Pinpointing Technique that provides for pinpointing a distinct suspected unit group, being inside an infected inhabiting sector, by a hand-held ultrasound pick-up device, equipped with extending acoustic probes for veterinary safety. Portable and Local Techniques optionally provides for use of wireless processing with Data Processing System. Spatio-Temporal compliance in applying the said techniques is being considered by operational algorithm of Data Processing System.

The present invention relates to a hand held ultrasound system having a balance body, a transducer assembly connected to said balance body via a communication means and a plurality of control elements arranged in an ergonomic fashion on said balance body, such that a user may hold said system and operate at least one of said control elements with the same hand. In particular a medical ultrasound system comprising a balance body incorporating system electronics, a power supply and a user interface wherein the user interface comprises a D-controller and a touch screen and a transducer assembly attached to the balanced body by a cable. The present invention relates to a hand held ultrasound system having a balance body, a transducer assembly connected to said balance body via a communication means and a plurality of control elements arranged in an ergonomic fashion on said balance body, such that a user may hold said system and operate at least one of said control elements with the same hand. In particular a medical ultrasound system comprising a balance body incorporating system electronics, a power supply and a user interface wherein the user interface comprises a D-controller and a touch screen and a transducer assembly attached to the balanced body by a cable.

A hand-held ultrasound system includes integrated electronics within an ergonomic housing. The electronics includes control circuitry, beamforming and circuitry transducer drive circuitry. The electronics communicate with a host computer using an industry standard high speed serial bus. The ultrasonic imaging system is operable on a standard, commercially available, user computing device without specific hardware modifications, and is adapted to interface with an external application without modification to the ultrasonic imaging system to allow a user to gather ultrasonic data on a standard user computing device such as a PC, and employ the data so gathered via an independent external application without requiring a custom system, expensive hardware modifications, or system rebuilds. An integrated interface program allows such ultrasonic data to be invoked by a variety of such external applications having access to the integrated interface program via a standard, predetermined platform such as visual basic or c++.

The invention provides an ultrasound imaging and medical instrument guiding apparatus, a system for acquiring and displaying ultrasound medical images and methods of using the apparatus and system in epidural anesthetic procedure. The apparatus comprises a hand-held ultrasound probe, configured to acquire a volumetric dataset representing a 3-D depiction of a volume; a mount to which the probe is mounted; and a medical instrument guide positionable relative to the ultrasound probe and configured to receive and guide a medical instrument along a propagation axis to a target in a body such that the target and the propagation axis intersect in the volume. The volumetric dataset acquired by the hand-held ultrasound probe comprises information about the medical instrument's position relative to the target in three dimensions and the medical instrument guide has a visible mark from which the depth of the medical instrument insertion along the propagation axis can be referenced.

A hand-held ultrasound system includes integrated electronics within an ergonomic housing. The electronics includes control circuitry, beamforming and circuitry transducer drive circuitry. The electronics communicate with a host computer using an industry standard high speed serial bus. The ultrasonic imaging system is operable on a standard, commercially available, user computing device without specific hardware modifications, and is adapted to interface with an external application without modification to the ultrasonic imaging system to allow a user to gather ultrasonic data on a standard user computing device such as a PC, and employ the data so gathered via an independent external application without requiring a custom system, expensive hardware modifications, or system rebuilds. An integrated interface program allows such ultrasonic data to be invoked by a variety of such external applications having access to the integrated interface program via a standard, predetermined platform such as visual basic or c++.

Various methods and systems are provided for ultrasonically scanning a tissue sample using a hand-held automated ultrasound system. In one example, a system for ultrasonically scanning a tissue sample includes a hand-held ultrasound probe including a housing and a transducer module comprising a transducer array of transducer elements, one or more position sensors coupled within the housing, and a controller. The controller is configured to generate one or more images based on ultrasound data acquired by the transducer module and further based on position sensor data collected by the one or more position sensors.

Various methods and systems are provided for a guided at-home ultrasound imaging session. In one example, a system for ultrasonically scanning a tissue sample includes a hand-held ultrasound probe including a transducer array of transducer elements, a probe position tracking device including one or more position sensors coupled to the ultrasound probe, and a controller. The controller is configured to, during an imaging session, determine a position of the ultrasound probe relative to a target position based on position data collected by the probe position tracking device, and responsive to an indication that the ultrasound probe is at the target position, acquire image data with the transducer array.

A hand held ultrasound imaging system with a probe unit having a transducer being adapted to transmit and receive ultrasonic signals and an orientation sensor adapted to sense the rotation of the probe unit, the output of the transducer and of the sensor being combined to produce a set of scanlines having a series of intensity values and a rotation value, the scanlines then being processed to produce a raster image for display on a display unit.

An ultrasound system comprises a front-end and a back-end. The front-end acquires ultrasound data indicative of a subject and comprises a probe, transmitter, receiver and beamformer. The probe has a plurality of transducer elements which are driven by the transmitter to transmit ultrasonic signals into the subject. The receiver detects returned echoes based on the ultrasonic signals, and the beamformer receives the returned echoes from the receiver and outputs a beamformed signal. The back-end comprises a single integrated circuit (IC). The back-end receives the beamformed signal from the front-end. The back-end processes the beamformed signal and outputs ultrasound image data based on the beamformed signal.

A hand held ultrasound imaging system with a probe unit having a transducer being adapted to transmit and receive ultrasonic signals and an orientation sensor adapted to sense the rotation of the probe unit, the output of the transducer and of the sensor being combined to produce a set of scanlines having a series of intensity values and a rotation value, the scanlines then being processed to produce a raster image for display on a display unit.

An automatic, stand-alone, hand-held ultrasound blood-vessel examination device (100) requires a reduced number of transducer elements (126) and presents a simplified user interface (136-140), without the need for displaying an image of any of the vessels. The probe, in one embodiment, acquires and examines a volume of interest (106), searches for a target vessel, tests the vessel for normality of blood flow, and reports the diagnosis, all automatically and without need for user intervention. In another embodiment, the probe finds a body vessel (108-112) in a volume, and extracts a clinical Doppler parameter, all automatically and without need for user intervention.

A hand held ultrasound scanning apparatus of a type able to perform multiple scan modes and a hand held display and processing unit able to receive and display ultrasound scanline data, having a control for initiation and termination of ultrasound scanning where further operation of the same control causes the scan mode in use by the apparatus to move progressively through the available scan modes. The scan modes are selected from B-mode, M-mode, Gated Doppler, Power Doppler, Pulsed Wave Doppler, Color Doppler, Duplex Doppler, and 3D volume imaging.

The present invention relates to a hand held ultrasound system having a balance body, a transducer assembly connected to said balance body via a communication means and a plurality of control elements arranged in an ergonomic fashion on said balance body, such that a user may hold said system and operate at least one of said control elements with the same hand. In particular a medical ultrasound system comprising a balance body incorporating system electronics, a power supply and a user interface wherein the user interface comprises a D-controller and a touch screen and a transducer assembly attached to the balanced body by a cable.

The invention provides a portable ultrasound system provided with a single integrate circuit back-end. The ultrasound system comprises a front-end and a back-end. The front-end acquires ultrasound data indicative of a subject and comprises a probe, transmitter, receiver and beamformer. The probe has a plurality of transducer elements which are driven by the transmitter to transmit ultrasonic signals into the subject. The receiver detects returned echoes based on the ultrasonic signals, and the beamformer receives the returned echoes from the receiver and outputs a beamformed signal. The back-end comprises a single integrated circuit (IC). The back-end receives the beamformed signal from the front-end. The back-end processes the beamformed signal and outputs ultrasound image data based on the beamformed signal.

The invention provides an ultrasound imaging and medical instrument guiding apparatus, a system for acquiring and displaying ultrasound medical images and methods of using the apparatus and system in epidural anesthetic procedure. The apparatus comprises a hand-held ultrasound probe, configured to acquire a volumetric dataset representing a 3-D depiction of a volume; a mount to which the probe is mounted; and a medical instrument guide positionable relative to the ultrasound probe and configured to receive and guide a medical instrument along a propagation axis to a target in a body such that the target and the propagation axis intersect in the volume. The volumetric dataset acquired by the hand-held ultrasound probe comprises information about the medical instrument's position relative to the target in three dimensions and the medical instrument guide has a visible mark from which the depth of the medical instrument insertion along the propagation axis can be referenced.

The invention provides a tail end clamping device for robotic surgery. The tail end clamping device comprises: a locking main body; a mechanical arm tail end clamping assembly, which is assembled on the locking main body and is matched with the locking main body to clamp the tail end of an mechanical arm; and an ultrasonic knife clamping assembly, which is assembled on the locking main body and is matched with the locking main body to clamp an ultrasonic knife. According to the tail end clamping device for the robot surgery, the ultrasonic knife only needs to be clamped between the ultrasonic knife clamping assembly and the locking main body, the mechanical arm tail end clamping assembly and the locking main body are matched to be clamped at the tail end of the mechanical arm, and the mechanical arm is controlled to conduct an operation, so an operator does not need to hold the ultrasonic knife to conduct the operation, the problem that the operator indirectly feels fatigue when holding the ultrasonic knife manually for an operation for a long time in the prior art is solved, the fatigue feeling of a doctor in the operation is relieved, and operation accuracy is improved.

The present invention relates the device and the method for providing a guidance signal. The device preferably relates to a mobile device, such as a mobile tablet computer. The device comprises an input unit, a display and a processing unit. Via the input unit, a three-dimensional outline image of a surface of a human subject is provided, e.g. acquired by a camera. The device further comprises a memory. The memory stores a human reference model, which statistically represents a virtual human subject. In practice it is often the case that the surface outline represented by the human reference model would not instantly fit to the surface outline of the human subject. Therefore, the processing unit is configured to adapt the human reference model resulting in an adapted model, such that the surface outline represented by the adapted model fits to the surface outline of the (real) human subject. Furthermore, the image is acquired as a so-called track-image of an ultrasonic handheld transducer in front of the human subject. The processing unit is configured to recognize the ultrasonic handheld transducer in the track-image and to determine the transducer pose based thereon. In practice, the ultrasonic handheld transducer is to be arranged on the surface of the human subject at a target pose in order to scan a desired scan region of the human subject. The scan region may relate to an inner organ of the human subject. Based on the actual transducer pose and the desired target pose, the processing unit is configured to determine a guidance signal, which indicates how to move and / or rotate the ultrasonic handheld transducer to reach the desired target pose.

Various methods and systems are provided for a guided at-home ultrasound imaging session. In one example, a system for ultrasonically scanning a tissue sample includes a hand-held ultrasound probe including a transducer array of transducer elements, a probe position tracking device including one or more position sensors coupled to the ultrasound probe, and a controller. The controller is configured to, during an imaging session, determine a position of the ultrasound probe relative to a target position based on position data collected by the probe position tracking device, and responsive to an indication that the ultrasound probe is at the target position, acquire image data with the transducer array.

The invention discloses a hand-held portable heart ultrasonic testing device. The testing device includes a first plate; a first rectangular groove penetrates one side of the outer wall of the first plate; the top of the first plate is fixedly connected to a shell, a display screen, a coupling agent smearing device and a connecting block; the top of the connecting block is fixedly connected to a first arc body; and one end of the first arc body is in hinged joint with a second arc body. Through a transmission structure, a sealed coupling agent can automatically enter a hollow column so as to make the coupling agent automatically smeared on a transducer, and thus, the problems that, because an ultrasonic testing device is held by one hand and an ultrasonic probe body is held by the other hand, one person cannot smear the coupling agent on the transducer, can be solved; and through the resetting of a second spring, the transmission structure can be driven to reset, so that the using of the coupling agent smearing device can become simpler and can be realized only through inserting and pulling, and therefore, efficiency can be enhanced.

The invention relates to the technical field of tools for biological surgery, and particularly relates to a novel linkage mechanism for a handheld ultrasonic cutter. The novel linkage mechanism comprises an outer shell, a forceps mouth mechanism, an ultrasonic vibration mechanism, a transmission mechanism, a linkage mechanism body and a handle, wherein the outer shell has a certain thickness; the forceps mouth mechanism is powered by ultrasonic waves and cuts tissue; the ultrasonic vibration mechanism is connected with a power supply and generates ultrasonic waves after being powered on; the transmission mechanism is connected with the forceps mouth mechanism and drives the forceps mouth mechanism to move; the linkage mechanism body is connected with the transmission mechanism and used for an operator to control the transmission mechanism to move; the handle is connected with the linkage mechanism body; the linkage mechanism body comprises a push cylinder, a force application rod and a linkage rod; the push cylinder bears the transmission mechanism and is connected with the force application rod through the linkage rod; the force application rod is of a bent arc structure and fixed to the inner side of the outer shell through a lever point; and when the force application rod is pushed, the force application rod is pushed. The novel linkage mechanism for the handheld ultrasonic cutter aims at overcoming the defects in the prior art, reduces the use space and has high practicability.