US 12,186,070 B2
Systemized and method for optimized medical component insertion monitoring and imaging enhancement
Anthony K. Misener, Bountiful, UT (US); Steffan Sowards, Salt Lake City, UT (US); Shayne Messerly, Kaysville, UT (US); and William Robert McLaughlin, Bountiful, UT (US)
Assigned to Bard Access Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed by Bard Access Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed on Aug. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/393,283.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/061,120, filed on Aug. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0039685 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/065 (2013.01) [A61B 5/6848 (2013.01); A61B 5/7264 (2013.01); A61B 5/74 (2013.01); A61B 5/7405 (2013.01); A61B 8/0841 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
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13. A guidance system for assisting in an advancement of a needle within a body of a patient, comprising:
a probe configured to obtain an ultrasound image; and
a console including a processor and memory, wherein the console is communicatively coupled to the probe, the memory having stored thereon logic that, when executed by the processor, is configured to cause performance of operations including:
determining positioning of a visualization area within the ultrasound image, wherein the visualization area corresponds to a subset of the ultrasound image and corresponds to a portion of a targeted vasculature at which the needle is expected to contact based on a position and an orientation of the needle, wherein the needle is associated with a magnetic element from which a magnetic field is detected by the probe;
generating a display of the ultrasound image and the visualization area on a display screen, wherein a border is superimposed on the ultrasound image surrounding the visualization area;
monitoring for a presence of the needle within the body of the patient corresponding to the visualization area based on position and orientation information of the needle derived from the magnetic field; and
in response to detection of the presence of the needle within an area of the body of the patient corresponding to the visualization area, generating and applying an imaging enhancement visualization to at least a portion of imaged data within the visualization area being an alteration of a visual style of the border of the visualization area based on entry into the area of the body of the patient corresponding to the visualization area, wherein the imaging enhancement visualization is configured to assist in the advancement of the needle toward the targeted vasculature, and wherein the visualization area is a sub-region of a total imaging area rendered by the console.