US 12,295,740 B2
Ultrasound-based closed-loop control of patient therapy
Balasundar Iyyavu Raju, North Andover, MA (US); Mckee Dunn Poland, Andover, MA (US); and Ivan Salgo, Pelham, MA (US)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 17/420,998
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Dec. 30, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/087127
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 6, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/144075, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/789,134, filed on Jan. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0079516 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/4836 (2013.01) [A61B 5/6801 (2013.01); A61B 5/742 (2013.01); A61B 5/746 (2013.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); A61B 5/7282 (2013.01); A61B 8/08 (2013.01); A61B 8/5223 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a transducer array configured to obtain ultrasound data of a subject, wherein the transducer array comprises a plurality of transducers and wherein the ultrasound data is imaging data;
a therapeutic device configured to deliver a therapy to the subject; and
a processor in communication with the transducer array and the therapeutic device, wherein the processor is configured to:
receive the ultrasound data;
identify an anatomical feature of the subject using the ultrasound data;
compute a measure associated with the anatomical feature;
determine if the measure satisfies a threshold;
determine a change in an operating status of the therapeutic device based on if the measure satisfies the threshold;
output, to the therapeutic device, a control signal representative of the change in the operating status; and
change the operating status of the therapeutic device based on the control signal.