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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2023

Filed:

Jul. 26, 2019
Applicant:

Echosens SA, Paris, FR;

Inventors:

Laurent Sandrin, Bourg-la-Reine, FR;

Hugo Loree, Paris, FR;

Assignee:

ECHOSENS SA, Paris, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/08 (2006.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01); A61B 8/14 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/485 (2013.01); A61B 8/08 (2013.01); A61B 8/483 (2013.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01); A61B 5/0064 (2013.01); A61B 8/14 (2013.01); A61B 8/4483 (2013.01); A61B 2090/378 (2016.02); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for characterizing tissue includes a probe that delivers a continuous and periodic mechanical vibration to a tissue of a subject; an ultrasound emitter that emits a sequence of ultrasound shots and an ultrasound receiver that receives corresponding echo signals to track how the tissue is moved by the periodic mechanical vibration delivered to the tissue; and a control module programmed to provide homogeneity information to an operator of the system, the homogeneity information being determined from at least some of the echo signals and being representative of the ability of the tissue to transmit elastic waves and of the homogeneity of the tissue with respect to the propagation of elastic waves.


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