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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2019
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Kunal Vaidya, Boston, MA (US);
Ameet Kumar Jain, Boston, MA (US);
Ramon Quido Erkamp, Swampscott, MA (US);
Shyam Bharat, Arlington, MA (US);
Alvin Chen, Cambridge, MA (US);
Francois Guy Gerard Marie Vignon, Andover, MA (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A controller () for tracking an interventional medical device () in three dimensions includes a memory () that stores instructions, and a processor () that executes the instructions. When executed by the processor (), the instructions cause the controller () to execute a process. The process includes determining (S/S), based on an elevation plane in an ultrasound X-plane mode, a first two-dimensional location of the interventional medical device () in the elevation plane. The process also includes determining (S/S), based on an azimuthal plane in the ultrasound X-plane mode, a second two-dimensional location of the interventional medical device () in the azimuthal plane. The process moreover includes determining (S/S), based on the first two-dimensional location and the second two-dimensional location, a three-dimensional location of the interventional medical device (). Finally, the process includes modifying (S/S) ultrasound beam patterns fired in the ultrasound X-plane mode based on the three-dimensional location of the interventional medical device ().