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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 22, 2023
Applicant:

Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);

Inventors:

Mostafa Fatemi, Rochester, MN (US);

Azra Alizad, Rochester, MN (US);

Marek Belohlavek, Scottsdale, AZ (US);

Viksit Kumar, Rochester, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/4245 (2013.01); A61B 8/0841 (2013.01); A61B 8/4488 (2013.01); A61B 8/488 (2013.01); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); A61B 5/7257 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2063 (2016.02); A61B 2090/364 (2016.02); A61B 2090/378 (2016.02);
Abstract

Described here are systems and method for using ultrasound to localize a medical device to which an active ultrasound element that can transmits ultrasound energy is attached. Doppler signal data of the medical device are acquired while the active element is transmitting acoustic energy, and the Doppler signal data are processed to detect symmetric Doppler shifts associated with the active element. The systems and methods described in the present disclosure enable tracking and display of one or more locations on or associated with the medical device.


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