Patent ID: 11877888
Assignee: DANDELION TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A system, comprising:
an ultrasound device comprising an ultrasound probe housing that contains a plurality of probes;
at least one processor connected with the ultrasound device through a data interface and further connected to a display device; and
at least one memory unit that stores instructions for processing by the processor, the instructions being configured to cause the processor to:
receive images of inside a body of a patient generated in accordance with reflected ultrasonic waves from the probes of the ultrasound probe housing;
process the images to identify therein a needle that has been inserted into the body of the patient and one or more of an anatomical part of the body of the patient or a target internal body part in the body of the patient;
generate, based at least on the images and the identification, modified images by adding a first visual overlay over or in place of the needle, and by one or more of (i) adding a second visual overlay over or in place of the anatomical part or (ii) adding a third visual overlay over or in place of the internal target body part; and
cause the modified images to be displayed by the display device.