Patent ID: 11937886
Assignee: HOLOGIC, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 11:
12. A method for localization of an implanted marker with ultrasound technology, the method comprising:
providing a marker implanted proximate a lesion within an interior of a patient, the marker being deployed in an expanded configuration that is different than a condensed configuration of the marker during the implantation;
receiving, from a system user, an input including marker type or shape and size of the marker such that identifying marker information of the marker is determined;
emitting first ultrasonic sound waves from an ultrasonic transducer of an ultrasound probe at a first position;
detecting first reflected ultrasonic sound waves by the ultrasonic transducer, wherein the first reflected ultrasonic sound waves include at least a portion of the first ultrasonic sound waves after being reflected from the marker in the expanded configuration;
generating first image data from the first reflected ultrasonic sound waves;
analyzing, by a processor, the generated first image data to identify the marker within the interior of the patient, wherein the analysis is at least partially based on the identifying marker information of the marker received;
displaying, on a display, a first ultrasound image including the marker, based on the first reflected ultrasonic sound waves;
based at least in part on the identifying marker information of the marker, determining, by the processor, from the first ultrasound image a lateral distance between the marker and an object appearing on the first ultrasound image and displaying the lateral distance in a user interface element on the display;
emitting second ultrasonic sound waves from the ultrasonic transducer of the ultrasound probe at a second position different than the first position;
detecting second reflected ultrasonic sound waves by the ultrasonic transducer;
generating second image data from the second reflected ultrasonic sound waves;
analyzing, by the processor, the generated second image data and determining that the marker is not present within the generated second image data;
generating a navigation indicator, wherein the navigation indicator is based at least partially on the first position of the ultrasound probe such that the navigation indicator provides directional return guidance to find the marker when the ultrasound probe is at the second position; and
displaying the navigation indicator on the display concurrently with a second ultrasound image generated from the second image data.