Patent ID: 11903688
Assignee: MOONRISE MEDICAL INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A diagnostic system for performing pedal Doppler ultrasound measurements, the system comprising:
a sensor mount;
a plurality of ultrasound sensors disposed in the sensor mount, the plurality of ultrasound sensors adapted to contact, but not penetrate skin;
the plurality of ultrasound sensors spatially separated from one another and adapted in an arrangement to permit alignment of the ultrasound sensors with a plurality of blood vessels of a pedal arch when the sensor mount is contacted with the foot, such that each ultrasound sensor is aligned with a respective blood vessel of the pedal arch selected from a group consisting of a posterior tibial artery, an anterior tibial artery, a peroneal artery, a lateral tarsal artery, a dorsalis pedis artery, an arcuate artery, a deep plantar artery, a lateral plantar artery, and a medial plantar artery, thereby facilitating the measurement of ultrasound signals from the plurality of blood vessels of the pedal arch; and
control and processing circuitry connectable to said plurality of ultrasound sensors for:
controlling the plurality of ultrasound sensors to emit ultrasound energy, detect ultrasound signals received from the plurality of blood vessels, such that a collection of ultrasound readings are obtained at a given point in time, each reading corresponding to each ultrasound sensor aligned with the respective blood vessel of the pedal arch selected from the group; and
collectively analyzing the detected ultrasound signals received from the plurality of blood vessels to obtain a measure characterizing blood flow within the plurality of blood vessels of the pedal arch at the given point in time.