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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2019
Applicant:
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Inventors:
Alexander Sokulin, Kiryat Tivon, IL;
Cynthia Owen, Powhatan, AR (US);
Menachem Halmann, Monona, WI (US);
Dani Pinkovich, Haifa, IL;
Assignee:
GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/0841 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 8/5215 (2013.01); A61B 2034/107 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2063 (2016.02);
Abstract
Various methods and systems are provided for imaging a needle using an ultrasound imager. In one example, a method may include receiving a target path or a target area of a needle, and adjusting a steering angle of an ultrasound beam emitted from an ultrasound probe based on the target path or the target area.