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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2016
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Peng Zheng, Longmont, CO (US);
Christopher A. Valentine, Boulder, CO (US);
Christopher T. Rusin, Golden, CO (US);
Kathy E. Rooks, Longmont, CO (US);
Benjamin M. Corum, Boulder, CO (US);
Sally D. Jandrall, Evergreen, CO (US);
Kristin D. Johnson, Louisville, CO (US);
COVIDIEN LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A system and method of ultrasound imaging, the system including a laparoscopic surgical instrument including at least one ultrasound transducer, and a processor adapted to receive acoustic data from the ultrasound transducer and process the acoustic data from the ultrasound transducer to produce a graphical representation of the acoustic data, the graphical representation depicting echoic attributes of tissue substantially axially aligned with a transmission path of the at least one ultrasound transducer, and the distance of at least one tissue type having different echoic attributes from surrounding tissue form a distal tip of the laparoscopic surgical instrument.