US 12,138,110 B2
Smart tracked interventional tools including wireless transceiver
Kunal Vaidya, Boston, MA (US); Ramon Quido Erkamp, Swampscott, MA (US); Shyam Bharat, Arlington, MA (US); Ameet Kumar Jain, Boston, MA (US); Douglas Allen Stanton, Cambridge, MA (US); and Francois Guy Gerard Marie Vignon, Andover, MA (US)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed on Aug. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/882,049.
Application 17/882,049 is a continuation of application No. 16/468,031, granted, now 11,439,363, previously published as PCT/EP2017/081596, filed on Dec. 6, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/433,062, filed on Dec. 12, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0370035 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); G01S 3/80 (2006.01); G01S 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/0841 (2013.01) [A61B 5/061 (2013.01); A61B 8/461 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); A61B 8/463 (2013.01); A61B 8/467 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00106 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00221 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2063 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3786 (2016.02); G01S 3/80 (2013.01); G01S 5/0036 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
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1. A medical device for performing a medical procedure, the medical device comprising:
a sensor located on the medical device, the sensor configured to convert an ultrasonic signal incident thereon into an electrical signal;
a first wireless transceiver located on the medical device, the first wireless transceiver configured to receive the electrical signal from the sensor and transmit the electrical signal to a second wireless transceiver remotely located from the medical device; and
signal processing circuitry located on the medical device, the signal processing circuitry configured to partially process the electrical signal prior to transmission to the second wireless transceiver,
wherein as part of partially processing the electrical signal:
the signal processing circuitry is configured to clip, from the electrical signal, a portion comprising a maximum signal intensity, and
the first wireless transceiver is configured to transmit the clipped portion of the electrical signal to the second wireless transceiver.