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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2019
Applicant:
Kardion Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventors:
Thomas Alexander Schlebusch, Renningen, DE;
Tobias Schmid, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
Kardion GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61M 60/546 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 60/546 (2021.01); A61B 8/0883 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/488 (2013.01); A61B 8/5223 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3375 (2013.01); A61M 2205/702 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for determining the speed of sound in a fluid in the region of an implanted, vascular support system includes sending an ultrasonic signal using an ultrasonic sensor, reflecting the ultrasonic signal on at least one sound reflector, receiving the reflected ultrasonic signal, and determining the speed of sound in the fluid using the ultrasonic signal. The at least one sound reflector may be visible in the field of vision of the ultrasonic sensor and arranged at a defined distance at least to the ultrasonic sensor or to a further sound reflector.