Patent ID: 11967065
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 18:
19. A method for identifying tissue, comprising:
stimulating tissue of an unknown identity with ultrasound waves produced by an ultrasound device to cause the tissue to vibrate and produce vibration signatures of the tissue;
detecting the produced vibration signatures with a vibration detector, the produced vibration signatures resulting from the stimulating;
communicating the vibration signature to a signal analysis processor; and
at the signal analysis processor;
accessing a signature library storing a plurality of stored vibration signatures, wherein each of the stored vibration signatures is linked in the signature library to an optimal ultrasound wave parameter for one of a plurality of different known tissues having a known identity,
comparing a first produced vibration signature of the tissue with the plurality of stored vibration signatures of the signature library,
determining at least one match, the match being identified when a degree of similarity between the first vibration signature of the tissue at least one of the stored vibration signatures is above a predetermined threshold,
adjusting the ultrasound waves of the ultrasound device for the optimal ultrasound wave parameter of the known tissue of the known identity based on the match to produce a second vibration signature of the tissue, and
identifying the tissue based on the second vibration signature of the tissue matching at least a portion of the optimal ultrasound wave parameter of the known tissue.