Clemson University

Musc Foundation for Research Development

Delphine Dean

Nancy Klauber DeMore

David Kwartowitz

Fuad Mefleh

Joseph R Wilson, Iii

Vipul Pai Raikar

Melissa McCullough

Scott R Slaney

Cody Jordan

Erika Trent

Systems and methods for detecting metal clips inserted within a portion of a body of a patient are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a clip detector assembly includes a detector having a ferrous member, a transmitting coil around the ferrous member and configured to induce a current in the metal clip, and a receiving coil around the ferrous member and configured to receive a magnetic field generated by the current induced in the metal clip. The assembly can further include a control circuit having a band-pass filter configured to pass electrical signals induced by the magnetic field from the receiving coil that are within at most 35 kHz of a resonance frequency of the metal clip. The assembly still further includes a user notification component configured to alert a user to a location of the metal clip.

Metal clip detectors and methods of detection

Adaptors for ultrasound probes can have an adaptor body can have an open lower end that allows a distal end of the ultrasound probe to extend therethrough to contact skin of a patient. The adaptor can include a plurality of spaced apart resilient members held by the adaptor body that, in operation, are able to change in length such that the resilient members translate from a first longer length to a second shorter length when the probe applies compressive force to the target tissue.

Devices that cooperate with ultrasound probes for muscoskeletal evaluations and related systems and methods

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Central, SC, United States of America

Delphine Dean