General Electric Company

Ge Precision Healthcare LLC

Maxence Borot

Flavien Daloz

Frederic Lanteri

Edouard Da Cruz

Giandonato Stallone

Edouard Dacruz

Alan Tai

Coraly Cuminatto

Fan Zheng

Alexandre Gilibert

Jeremie Barrel

An ultrasound-enabled invasive medical device and a method of manufacturing the ultrasound-enabled invasive medical device. The ultrasound-enabled invasive medical device includes an invasive medical device, an electrical trace deposited either directly on the surface of the invasive medical device or onto an insulating layer covering at least a portion of the surface of the invasive medical device, where the electrical trace is deposited during an additive manufacturing process. The ultrasound-enabled invasive medical device includes an ultrasound transducer assembly attached to the invasive medical device and electrically connected to the electrical trace, and a transducer support structure attached to the invasive medical device, where the transducer support structure defines a nest that is adapted to receive the ultrasound transducer assembly.

Ultrasound-enabled invasive medical device and method of manufacturing an ultrasound-enabled invasive medical device

Various methods and systems are provided for maintaining polarization of an ultrasound probe and increasing image quality of an image generated during an imaging procedure. As one example, a method for an ultrasound imaging system may include executing one or more imaging sequences with an ultrasound transducer; and applying a repolarization sequence to the ultrasound transducer one or more of before, after, and interleaved between the one or more imaging sequences, where the repolarization sequence is separate from the one or more imaging sequences.

Methods and system for maintaining polarization of an ultrasound transducer

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Maxence Borot