Patent ID: 11877760
Assignee: C. R. BARD, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A

Claim 14:
15. The method of claim 13, wherein:
the step of monitoring includes monitoring a plurality of electrical characteristics associated with the ultrasonic transducer, the plurality of electrical characteristics including two or more of the total voltage across the ultrasonic transducer, the total current to the ultrasonic transducer, the induced current of the ultrasonic transducer, and the Power Factor between the total voltage and the total current;
the step of processing includes determining from monitored plurality of electrical characteristics at least one of the type of material encountered by the distal end of the ultrasonic vibration transmission member and the type of vascular pathway that the ultrasonic catheter is traversing; and
the step of displaying includes displaying the result of the processing step at a display screen of a user interface that was based on the processing of the monitored plurality of electrical characteristics, the result including at least one of the type of material encountered by the distal end of the ultrasonic vibration transmission member and the type of vascular pathway that the ultrasonic catheter is traversing.