Method for ultrasound training with a pressure sensing array
US10424225B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 21, 2017 |
| Grant date | Sep 24, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 25, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B5/6843
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for training an ultrasound user with a hand-held device having one or more first sensors to detect angular orientation of the device in one or more dimensions, and at least one two-dimensional surface device having one or more second sensors to detect translational position of the hand-held device in one or more directions, which communicates the angular orientation data from the hand-held device and the translational position data from the at least one surface device to a computer to display a virtual environment with a virtual hand-held device that moves in correlation with the hand-held device based on the angular orientation data from the hand-held device and the translational position data from the at least one surface device.
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