Patent ID: 11944495
Assignee: FOUNDRY INNOVATION & RESEARCH 1, LTD.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A

Claim 12:
13. A vascular monitoring method, comprising:
implanting a support structure supporting at least one ultrasound transducer within a patient's IVC in contact with the IVC wall, wherein said support structure moves, expands and collapses with physiological expansion and contraction of the IVC wall in response to changes in patient fluid volume;
providing a drive signal to the at least one ultrasound transducer;
generating and transmitting an ultrasound wave;
detecting an ultrasound echo;
recording a time delay between the transmission of the ultrasound pulse and the detection of the ultrasound echo; and
wirelessly transmitting ultrasound data from the at least one ultrasound transducer.