Patent ID: 11911208
Assignee: THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 7:
8. A system for diagnosing an injury, the system comprising:
a single vibration device configured to apply one beam of vibration waves to an area near an injury to create a sloshing motion in any fluid within the area near the injury wherein the sloshing motion leads to greater movement than vibration waves in homogeneous tissue located in that area;
an ultrasound device configured to apply an ultrasound beam to an area of the injury; and
processing circuitry configured to:
generate, based on signals from the ultrasound device generated from reflections of the ultrasound beam generated by the ultrasound device, image data of the area of the injury reflects movement of any fluid relative to the homogeneous tissue,
process the image data,
provide a diagnosis of the injury based on a result of the processing, and
generate an alert when the diagnosis identifies an abnormality caused by the injury at the area of the injury, wherein the abnormality includes at least one of internal bleeding, hemothorax, pneumothorax, edema, exudate, or pericardial effusion; and

wherein vibration waves produced by the single vibration device cross with the ultrasound beam at a point below a skin surface to lead to improved detection of any fluid within the area near the injury relative to an interface between the fluid and the homogeneous tissue.