Visualizing a medical probe in a four-dimensional ultrasound image

US12329578B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. · IL

Inventors

• Assaf Govari · Haifa, IL
• Andres Claudio Altmann · Haifa, IL
• Roy Urman · Pardes Hana-Karkur, IL
• Morris Ziv-Ari · Atlit, IL
• Lior Zar · Yoqneam Illit, IL
• Brandon Andrew Tran · Madison, US
• Shaked Meitav · Atlit, IL
• Hanna Cohen-Sacomsky · Zichron Ya'akov, IL

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 27, 2022
• Grant date: Jun 17, 2025
• Expiry date: Apr 22, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B8/467
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Medical systems and methods are provided in which a processor receives the 3D ultrasound images and receives position signals from a position tracking device, indicating the position of a corresponding probe relative to the 3D ultrasound images. Based on the probe position, a region of interest is selected that contains the position the medical probe within the 3D ultrasound images, and the selected region of interest is rendered to a display together with a representation of the medical probe superimposed on the region of interest.