Patent ID: 11963823
Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A system, comprising:
an ultrasound imaging device for imaging within a body of a patient, comprising:
a flexible elongate member configured to be inserted into the body of the patient;
an imaging assembly disposed at a distal portion of the flexible elongate member, the imaging assembly comprising:
an array of imaging elements;
a circuit board comprising a first surface and an opposite, second surface; and
a plurality of electronic components mounted only on the first surface and electrically coupled to the circuit board to perform an electrical function associated with imaging within the body of the patient using the array of imaging elements; and

a computing device,
wherein each of the plurality of electronic components is radiopaque such that the plurality of electronic components itself comprises a radiopaque arrangement,
wherein the radiopaque arrangement comprises a top, a bottom, a first side, and a second side,
wherein the radiopaque arrangement comprises an asymmetric shape such that:
the first side of the radiopaque arrangement comprises a first non-planar outline of the plurality of electronic components and a planar outline of the second surface; and
the second side of the radiopaque arrangement comprises a different, second non-planar outline of the plurality of electronic components and the planar outline of the second surface,

wherein the computing device is configured to determine an orientation of the ultrasound imaging device using at least one of the first non-planar outline or the second non-planar outline in a radiographic image.