US 12,133,695 B2
Ultrasound localization system with advanced biopsy site markers
John Laviola, Marlborough, MA (US); Shawn St. Pierre, Marlborough, MA (US); Brian Stellmach, Marlborough, MA (US); Lori Fontaine, Marlborough, MA (US); Joseph A. Stand, III, Marlborough, MA (US); Estefania Alvarez, Marlborough, MA (US); Stephen Grantz, Marlborough, MA (US); Michelle Dawn Lyman, Marlborough, MA (US); Shannon Marie Butler, Marlborough, MA (US); and Yuliya Mathis, Marlborough, MA (US)
Assigned to Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US)
Filed by HOLOGIC, INC., Marlborough, MA (US)
Filed on Nov. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/524,590.
Application 17/524,590 is a continuation of application No. 16/771,379, granted, now 11,234,772, previously published as PCT/US2018/065010, filed on Dec. 11, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/597,379, filed on Dec. 11, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/654,071, filed on Apr. 6, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/660,743, filed on Apr. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0061931 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
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1. A method for localization of an implanted marker with ultrasound technology, the method comprising:
providing a marker implanted proximate a lesion within an interior of a patient, the marker having a marker localization transceiver and at least one detector;
emitting ultrasonic sound waves from an ultrasonic transducer of an ultrasound probe;
detecting reflected ultrasonic sound waves by the ultrasonic transducer, wherein the reflected ultrasonic sound waves include at least a portion of the emitted ultrasonic sound waves after being reflected from the marker;
generating an image from image data from the reflected ultrasonic sound waves;
receiving a signal containing marker data and lesion data from the marker localization transceiver;
processing, by a processor, the signal received from the marker localization transceiver to determine (1) a location of the marker based on the marker data, and (2) changes regarding the lesion based on the lesion data;
displaying, on a display operatively connected to the processor, the image with (1) the location of the marker, and (2) the changes regarding the lesion; and
based at least in part on the location of the marker, emitting an audible sound, wherein the audible sound is based on how close the marker is to a center of a field of view of the image displayed on the display.