SURGICAL TOOL WITH FLEX CIRCUIT ULTRASOUND SENSOR

SURGICAL TOOL WITH FLEX CIRCUIT ULTRASOUND SENSOR

A medical instrument includes a printed ultrasound sensor, a surface, at least one non-conductive material, and at least one pair of contacts. The ultrasound sensor includes an array of ultrasound transducers printed on a non-conductive surface of the medical instrument. The medical instrument conta...

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Hauptverfasser: CHRISTMANN, H. Aaron, JASPERSON, Keith E, WEISENBERGER, Michael R
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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DIAGNOSIS
FOR PERFORMING MECHANICAL WORK IN GENERAL
GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS IN GENERAL
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICALVIBRATIONS OF INFRASONIC, SONIC, OR ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
SURGERY
TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:A medical instrument includes a printed ultrasound sensor, a surface, at least one non-conductive material, and at least one pair of contacts. The ultrasound sensor includes an array of ultrasound transducers printed on a non-conductive surface of the medical instrument. The medical instrument contains multiple conductive and nonconductive layers. The at least one pair of contacts are electrically coupled to the ultrasound sensor and operably coupled to the conductive layer, the conductive layer coupled to a measurement device, which converts electrical signals from the ultrasound sensor into images displayed on a display unit. The location of the medical instrument can be visualized in real time on the display unit.