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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2022
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Michael A. Greminger, Duluth, MN (US);
Anastasia Zink, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Brian Krohn, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Amit Goyal, St. Anthony, MN (US);
Roy Joseph Cho, Edina, MN (US);
H. Erhan Dincer, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Felix Zamora, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Gills Fai, Duluth, MN (US);
Sarah Ostlie, Roseville, MN (US);
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
According to embodiments, a substantially coaxial arrangement of a camera, a light source, and an ultrasonic sensor can be positioned in an housing of a system that can be deployed from the tool port of a standard bronchoscope. Illumination from the light source facilitates positioning of the system by an operator using information from the camera. The ultrasonic system can determine when an object to be biopsied is adjacent to a biopsy needle.