US 12,245,891 B2
Imaging of a body part using sounds
Jonathan B. Shute, Minnetonka, MN (US); Pramodsingh H. Thakur, Woodbury, MN (US); Bin Mi, Arden Hills, MN (US); Bryan A. Clark, St. Paul, MN (US); Qi An, Blaine, MN (US); Ramesh Wariar, Blaine, MN (US); and Krzysztof Z. Siejko, Maple Grove, MN (US)
Assigned to Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St Paul (MN)
Filed by Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed on Jan. 3, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/238,934.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/613,394, filed on Jan. 3, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0223839 A1, Jul. 25, 2019
Int. Cl. A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/349 (2021.01); A61B 7/04 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/5207 (2013.01) [A61B 5/1102 (2013.01); A61B 5/1114 (2013.01); A61B 5/349 (2021.01); A61B 7/04 (2013.01); A61B 8/00 (2013.01); A61B 8/0883 (2013.01); A61B 8/543 (2013.01); A61B 7/00 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for imaging an organ, comprising:
an acceleration sensor configured to sense an acceleration wave emitted by a source and to generate acceleration measurements in response to sensing the acceleration wave, wherein the source is the organ of a subject, wherein the organ is a heart; and
a processing device communicatively coupled to the acceleration sensor, the processing device configured to:
receive the acceleration measurements;
determine a location of the source using a location of the acceleration sensor and the acceleration measurements; and
generate an image of the organ of the subject using the determined location of the source and the acceleration measurements.