US 12,133,696 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. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/524,941.
Application 17/524,941 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 62/660,743, filed on Apr. 20, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/654,071, filed on Apr. 6, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/597,379, filed on Dec. 11, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0071714 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
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1. A method for ultrasonically locating an implanted marker with an ultrasound probe including a probe localization transceiver having a radio frequency identification (RFID) device, the method comprising:
providing the marker implanted proximate a lesion within an interior of a patient;
emitting ultrasonic sound waves from an ultrasonic transducer of the 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 image data from the reflected ultrasonic sound waves;
analyzing, by a processor, the generated image data to identify the marker within the interior of the patient;
displaying, on a display operatively connected to the processor, an ultrasound image including the marker from the generated image data;
based at least in part on the identification of the marker, emphasizing the marker within the ultrasound image displayed on the display and 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 ultrasound image displayed on the display;
receiving a RFID signal from the probe localization transceiver;
processing, by the processer, the RFID signal received from the probe localization transceiver to determine at least one of a location of the ultrasound probe or an orientation of the ultrasound probe; and
displaying, on the display, the at least one of the location of the ultrasound probe or the orientation of the ultrasound probe.