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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2020
Applicant:
Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Anuja Nair, Bedford, MA (US);
Assignee:
PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY CORPORATION, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/085 (2013.01); A61B 8/0891 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/445 (2013.01); A61B 8/463 (2013.01); A61B 8/5215 (2013.01); A61B 17/22 (2013.01); A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22094 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0041 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00982 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a system and method for characterizing adventitial tissue. In one aspect, a system and method are disclosed that characterizes tissue types within the adventitial tissue including nerve bundles and blood vessels. In a further aspect, the adventitia is imaged and characterized to provide guidance for crossing lesions within an occluded vessel.