	US 12,102,435 B2
	Systems, devices, and methods for non-invasive and non-destructive imaging and measurement of tissue and material mechanical properties
Frederick Howard Silver, Allentown, PA (US); Istvan Horvath, Princeton, NJ (US); Nikita Uday Kelkar, Allentown, PA (US); Tanmay Manoj Deshmukh, Allentown, PA (US); and Ruchit Girishchandra Shah, Colonia, NJ (US)
Assigned to OptoVibronex, LLC, Mount Bethel, PA (US)
Filed by OptoVibronex, LLC, Mount Bethel, PA (US)
Filed on Feb. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/179,640.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/978,799, filed on Feb. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0251543 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 5/22 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/20 (2006.01)

CPC A61B 5/22 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0051 (2013.01); A61B 5/0066 (2013.01); A61B 5/08 (2013.01); A61B 5/201 (2013.01); A61B 5/441 (2013.01); A61B 5/4504 (2013.01); A61B 5/4533 (2013.01); A61B 5/4538 (2013.01); A61B 5/7405 (2013.01)]

17 Claims

1. A system comprising a first device configured to utilize electromagnetic waves to determine a resonant frequency of induced vibrations of at least one component of bulk material or subcutaneous tissue, and a second device operably connected to the first device and configured to generate the induced vibrations, wherein the first device and the second device are operably connected to each other and are part of a same piece of equipment or are separate pieces of equipment, wherein the first device is configured to determine the resonant frequency of the at least one component of the bulk material or the subcutaneous tissue through reflected vibrations reflected from the bulk material or subcutaneous tissue to an outer surface of the bulk material or subcutaneous tissue wherein one or more processors forming part of the system or operably connected to the system are configured to determine a modulus of the at least one component of the bulk material or the subcutaneous tissue based on a thickness of skin as well as on the resonant frequency.