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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2016
The Government of the United States, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Army, Fort Detrick, MD (US);
Lorne H. Blackbourne, Houston, TX (US);
Jose Salinas, Houston, TX (US);
Ronald D. Grisell, Fort Sam Houston, TX (US);
The Government of the United States, as Represented by the Secretary of the Army, Fort Detrick, MD (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of the invention provides a method including obtaining ultrasonic images of one or more vessel to be catheterized with an ultrasonic imaging deviceand identifying the center(s) of the vessel(s) with the ultrasonic images. One of the vessels is punctured with a needlebased on the identifying of the center of the vessel. A guide wireis inserted into the vessel and maneuvered with guide wire ultrasonic feedback control. The guide wire ultrasonic feedback control includes obtaining ultrasonic images of the vessel and the guide wirein the vessel, and displaying the ultrasonic images of the vessel and the guide wirein the vessel to a user. A catheter sheathis inserted over the guide wireand maneuvered with sheath ultrasonic feedback control. The guide wireis removed and a catheteris inserted into the catheter sheathand maneuvered with catheter ultrasonic feedback control.