公开(公告)号：WO2023076143A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-04

申请号：PCT/US2022/047538

申请日：2022-10-24

Applicant: BARD ACCESS SYSTEMS, INC.

Inventor： SOWARDS, Steffan ,  MISENER, Anthony, K. ,  MCLAUGHLIN, William, Robert

IPC: A61B5/06 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B34/20

Abstract: A system and method directed to detecting placement of a medical device within a patient body, the system including a medical device including an optical fiber having core fibers. Each of the one or more core fibers can include a plurality of sensors each configured to reflect a light signal having an altered characteristic due to strain experienced by the optical fiber. The system can further include logic configured to determine a 3D shape of the medical device in accordance with the strain of the optical fiber. The logic can be configured to define a reference plane for the 3D shape and render an image of the 3D shape on a display of the system in accordance with the reference plane.

公开(公告)号：WO2022266501A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-22

申请号：PCT/US2022/034088

申请日：2022-06-17

Applicant: BARD ACCESS SYSTEMS, INC.

Inventor： MISENER, Anthony, K. ,  SOWARDS, Steffan ,  URRY, Robin, Scott

IPC: A61B5/0538 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B10/02 ,  A61B17/16 ,  A61M25/01

Abstract: Disclosed herein are impedance-determining medical systems. An impedance- determining medical system can include an impedance interrogator and an impedance-sensing medical device. The impedance interrogator can include instructions configured to instantiate one or more processes in random-access memory upon processing by one or more processors that determine impedance from electrical signals corresponding to electrical currents passed through a biological or non-biological material. The impedance-sensing medical device can include two or more longitudinal conductors distributed among one or more pieces of the impedance-sensing medical device and separated by one or more longitudinal insulators. The two-or-more conductors can be configured to emit, detect, or alternately emit and detect via two or more electrodes thereof the electrical currents passed through the biological or non- biological material. The impedance-sensing medical device can be configured to form a direct or indirect connection to the impedance interrogator and provide the electrical signals to the impedance interrogator.

公开(公告)号：WO2022203713A2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-29

申请号：PCT/US2021/050973

申请日：2021-09-17

Applicant: BARD ACCESS SYSTEMS, INC.

Inventor： SOWARDS, Steffan ,  MISENER, Anthony, K. ,  MCLAUGHLIN, William, Robert

IPC: A61B8/00 ,  A61B5/06 ,  A61B2562/0219 ,  A61B2562/223 ,  A61B5/0077 ,  A61B5/067 ,  A61B5/743 ,  A61B5/748 ,  A61B5/749 ,  A61B8/4245 ,  A61B8/4254 ,  A61B8/4422 ,  A61B8/4433 ,  A61B8/4472 ,  A61B8/461 ,  A61B8/463 ,  A61B8/465 ,  A61B8/467 ,  A61B8/54 ,  A61B8/56

Abstract: An ultrasound system is disclosed that includes an ultrasound imaging device including a display screen, a processor and memory having stored thereon logic, and an ultrasound probe. The logic of the ultrasound imaging device, upon execution by the processor, can causes an alteration of content displayed on the display screen in accordance of with ultrasound probe movement-related data. The ultrasound imaging device can include a light source configured to provide incident light to the optical fiber cable, the optical fiber cable including a plurality of reflective gratings disposed along a length thereof. Each of the plurality of reflective gratings can be configured to reflect light with different specific spectral widths to provide distributed measurements in accordance with strain applied to the optical fiber cable. The ultrasound imaging device can obtain the ultrasound probe movement-related data through an optical fiber.

公开(公告)号：WO2022182665A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-01

申请号：PCT/US2022/017332

申请日：2022-02-22

Applicant: BARD ACCESS SYSTEMS, INC.

Inventor： SOWARDS, Steffan ,  MISENER, Anthony, K. ,  MCLAUGHLIN, William, Robert

IPC: G16H40/67

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a computing device controller system including a computing device outside of a sterile field, and a controller in communication with the computing device, the controller having a controller body including an input mechanism, the input mechanism including one or both of a non-tactile input and a tactile input, wherein the input mechanism is configured to be accessible in the sterile field and to provide one or more input parameter changes to the computing device.

公开(公告)号：WO2022132651A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-23

申请号：PCT/US2021/063129

申请日：2021-12-13

Applicant: BARD ACCESS SYSTEMS, INC.

Inventor： MCLAUGHLIN, William, Robert ,  SOWARDS, Steffan ,  MISENER, Anthony, K.

IPC: A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/08

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an ultrasound probe securement device to secure an ultrasound probe to a patient. The securement device can include a probe coupling mechanism to couple an ultrasound probe to the securement device, a patient coupling mechanism to couple the securement device to a patient, and a constraining mechanism to maintain an acoustic coupling of the ultrasound probe with the patient during an ultrasound procedure without user intervention.

公开(公告)号：WO2022119853A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-09

申请号：PCT/US2021/061267

申请日：2021-11-30

Applicant: BARD ACCESS SYSTEMS, INC.

Inventor： SOWARDS, Steffan ,  MCLAUGHLIN, William, Robert ,  MISENNER, Anthony, K.

IPC: A61B8/08 ,  A61B8/00

Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system is disclosed that can include an ultrasound probe including a transducer array configured to acquire ultrasound images, and a console including a processor and non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of logic modules that, when executed by the processor, are configured to perform operations including receiving an ultrasound image, detecting one or more targets within the ultrasound image, and generating a visualization from the ultrasound image to center the one or more detected targets within a displayed portion of the ultrasound image. Generating the visualization may include cropping the ultrasound image to center the one or more detected targets within a displayed portion of the ultrasound image. Generating the visualization may include increasing a magnification of a cropped portion of the ultrasound image to center the one or more detected targets within a displayed portion of the ultrasound image.

公开(公告)号：WO2022093991A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-05

申请号：PCT/US2021/056896

申请日：2021-10-27

Applicant: BARD ACCESS SYSTEMS, INC.

Inventor： SOWARDS, Steffan ,  MISENER, Anthony K. ,  MCLAUGHLIN, William Robert

IPC: G02B6/38

Abstract: Procedural barrier-breaching connectors and connection-establishing devices, as well as systems and methods thereof, for establishing portals in procedural barriers are disclosed. For example, a connection-establishing device can include a cap and an extension arm. The cap is configured to sit over a protruding portion of a first medical device with a procedural barrier between the connection-establishing device and the first medical device. The extension arm is configured to push a male connector of a second medical device through the procedural barrier and into a female connector of the first medical device with the extension arm, which establishes one or more functional connections across the procedural barrier between the second medical device and the first medical device. An example method for the foregoing connection-establishing device includes a cap-placing step, an articulating step, and a functional connection-establishing step for establishing the one-or-more functional connections.

公开(公告)号：WO2022081904A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-21

申请号：PCT/US2021/055076

申请日：2021-10-14

Applicant: BARD ACCESS SYSTEMS, INC.

Inventor： MCLAUGHLIN, William, Robert ,  SOWARDS, Steffan ,  MISENER, Anthony, K.

IPC: A61B8/08 ,  A61B8/00

Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system configured to generate a 3D ultrasound image of a target area is disclosed herein. The ultrasound imaging system includes a console including one or more processors and non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon one or more logic modules. The ultrasound imaging system further includes an ultrasound probe, configured to acquire a plurality of ultrasound images of a target area, the ultrasound probe coupled to the console by an ultrasound probe connector having optical fiber including one or more core fibers, the ultrasound probe being a point of reference for the console to generate a three-dimensional visualization by stitching together the plurality of ultrasound images, starting from the point of reference.

公开(公告)号：WO2022081591A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-21

申请号：PCT/US2021/054607

申请日：2021-10-12

Applicant: BARD ACCESS SYSTEMS, INC.

Inventor： SOWARDS, Steffan ,  MISENER, Anthony, K.

IPC: A61B17/34 ,  A61B46/00

Abstract: Disclosed herein are portal-establishing devices and methods thereof for establishing portals in procedural barriers. For example, a portal-establishing device includes a portal and a breaching mechanism. The portal includes a portal barrier in a protruding-end portion thereof. The portal is configured to enable one or more functional connections such as an optical connection or an electrical connection across a procedural barrier between a single-use medical device on a clinician-facing side of the procedural barrier and another medical device on a patient-facing side of the procedural barrier. The breaching mechanism is configured to breach the procedural barrier and place the portal over a breach in the procedural barrier. Methods of the portal-establishing devices include methods of using the portal-establishing devices.

公开(公告)号：WO2022055887A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-17

申请号：PCT/US2021/049294

申请日：2021-09-07

Applicant: BARD ACCESS SYSTEMS, INC.

Inventor： SOWARDS, Steffan ,  MCLAUGHLIN, William, Robert ,  MISENER, Anthony, K.

IPC: A61B8/08 ,  A61B8/00

Abstract: Disclosed herein are dynamically adjusting ultrasound-imaging systems and methods thereof. For example, an ultrasound-imaging system can include an ultrasound probe, a console, and a display screen. The ultrasound probe includes an array of ultrasonic transducers that, when activated, emit generated ultrasound signals into a patient, receive reflected ultrasound signals from the patient, and convert the reflected ultrasound signals into corresponding electrical signals for processing into ultrasound images. The console is configured to execute instructions for dynamically adjusting a distance of activated ultrasonic transducers from a predefined target or area, an orientation of the activated ultrasonic transducers to the predefined target or area, or both the distance and the orientation of the activated ultrasonic transducers with respect to the predefined target or area. The display screen is configured to display a graphical user interface including the ultrasound images processed by the console from the corresponding electrical signals of the ultrasound signals.