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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:
Oct. 21, 2025

Filed:

May. 09, 2022
Applicant:

Excera Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Inventors:

Michael K. Southworth, St. Louis, MO (US);

Christopher Michael Andrews, Chesterfield, MO (US);

Ignacio Soriano, Madrid, ES;

Alexander Bair Henry, St. Louis, MO (US);

Jonathan R. Silva, St. Louis, MO (US);

Jennifer N. Avari Silva, St. Louis, MO (US);

Assignee:

Excera Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/462 (2013.01); A61B 8/463 (2013.01); A61B 8/468 (2013.01); A61B 8/469 (2013.01); A61B 2090/365 (2016.02);
Abstract

In an embodiment, a system receives data from a first electromagnetic sensor coupled to a head-mounted display (HMD) and detecting an electromagnetic field generated by an electromagnetic reference source coupled to an ultrasound probe. The system receives data from a second electromagnetic sensor coupled to a medical instrument and detecting the electromagnetic field. The system determines a position of the HMD relative to the ultrasound probe. The system determines a position of the medical instrument relative to the ultrasound probe. The system generates a visualization of a path of the medical instrument oriented relative to an ultrasound image plane. The system provides a graphic for display by the HMD to a user wearing the HMD, where the graphic includes the visualization and image data captured by the ultrasound probe displayed on the ultrasound image plane.


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