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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.

Patent No.:

US 11754694 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 06, 2019

Endobronchial catheter system and method for rapid diagnosis of lung disease

Applicant:

Veran Medical Technologies, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);

Inventors:

Mark Hunter, St. Louis, MO (US);

Troy L. Holsing, Golden, CO (US);

Christopher B. Lee, St. Louis, MO (US);

Assignee:

Veran Medical Technologies, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);

Attorneys:

Forsgren Fisher

James M. Urzedowski

Daniel A. Tysver

Primary Examiner:

Colin T Sakamoto

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01); A61B 1/267 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 10/04 (2006.01); A61M 25/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/52036 (2013.01); A61B 1/2676 (2013.01); A61B 8/085 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/4254 (2013.01); A61B 8/445 (2013.01); A61B 8/469 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61M 25/01 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); A61B 8/4494 (2013.01); A61B 8/463 (2013.01); A61B 2010/045 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61M 2025/09183 (2013.01); G01S 15/8918 (2013.01); G01S 15/8922 (2013.01); G01S 15/8997 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10132 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30061 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30096 (2013.01);
Abstract

A medical device and its method of use includes a catheter, at least two electromagnetic sensing coils located within the distal tip of the catheter, and a multi-element planar ultrasound transducer array located within the distal tip of the catheter and configured to transmit and receive ultrasonic energy. The device also includes an imaging system coupled to the ultrasound transducer and is used for creating an image of tissue in a first target plane that extends orthogonally from the catheter body. The medical device also includes a backscatter evaluation system for use in receiving and evaluating the acoustic spectral characteristics of tissues within a second target area within the first target plane.

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