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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 12121304 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 24, 2020

Introducer and localization wire visualization

Applicant:

Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);

Inventor:

Shawn St. Pierre, Marlborough, MA (US);

Assignee:

Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);

Attorney:

Merchant & Gould P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Patrick Fernandes

Assistant Examiner:

Nicholas A Robinson

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G16H 10/40 (2018.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 8/0841 (2013.01); A61B 8/4488 (2013.01); A61B 8/463 (2013.01); A61B 8/485 (2013.01); A61B 8/5215 (2013.01); A61B 10/0275 (2013.01); A61B 17/3403 (2013.01); A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61B 90/39 (2016.02); G01S 7/52073 (2013.01); G01S 15/8906 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G16H 10/40 (2018.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); A61B 8/0825 (2013.01); A61B 8/481 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3413 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2063 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2065 (2016.02); A61B 2090/378 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3925 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3983 (2016.02);
Abstract

Methods and systems are disclosed for providing guidance for operation of a localization insertion device based on ultrasonic imaging. Ultrasonic waves are emitted and detected by an ultrasonic transducer to generate image data. An introducer for placing a localization wire is identified within the generated image data. Based on the identification of the introducer, the methods and systems may determine a predicted location based at least in part on introducer properties and localization wire properties. The predicted location of the ring of the localization wire may be the predicated location of the localization wire when positioned subcutaneously with the localization insertion device. At least one indicator may be displayed indicating the determined predicted ring location.

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