Patent ID: 11872080
Assignee: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A system for positioning a probe to capture an echocardiogram of a patient, the system comprising:
a positioning device to be placed on a patient, the positioning device comprising a support structure defining an open interior space and a plurality of reference points around the open interior space, wherein the support structure comprises a plurality of sensor units, each sensor unit of the plurality of sensor units being located at a corresponding reference point of the plurality of reference points, each sensor unit of the plurality of sensor units comprises an inertial sensor, a magnetic sensor, and at least one of an electrocardiogram sensor or a digital stethoscope sensor;
a probe configured to capture an echocardiogram image, the probe configured to be moved within the open interior space of the support structure, the probe comprising at least one motion sensor; and
a controller connected to the probe, the controller configured to determine a position for the probe in the open interior space of the support structure with respect to the plurality of reference points and signals from the at least one motion sensor of the probe to capture the echocardiogram image and to provide guidance on a display to an operator to move the probe to the determined position.