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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2018
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Galit Hocsman Frydman, Boston, MA (US);
Alexander Tyler Jaffe, Cambridge, MA (US);
Maulik D. Majmudar, Somerville, MA (US);
Mohamad Ali Toufic Najia, Cambridge, MA (US);
Robin Singh, Cambridge, MA (US);
Zijun Wei, Cambridge, MA (US);
Jason Yang, Charlotte, NC (US);
Brian W. Anthony, Cambridge, MA (US);
Athena Yeh Huang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Aaron Michael Zakrzewski, Boston, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods of the present disclosure are directed to accurate and non-invasive assessments of anatomic vessels (e.g., the internal jugular vein (IJV)) of vertebrates. For example, a piezoelectric crystal may generate a signal and receive a pulse echo of the signal along an axis extending through the piezoelectric crystal and an anatomic vessel. A force sensor disposed relative to the piezoelectric crystal may measure a force exerted (e.g., along skin of the vertebrate) on the anatomic vessel along the axis. The pulse echo received by the piezoelectric crystal and the force measured by the force sensor may, in combination, non-invasively and accurately determine a force response of the anatomic vessel. In turn, the force response may be probative of any one or more of a variety of different characteristics of the anatomic vessel including, for example, location of the anatomic vessel and pressure of the anatomic vessel.