Patent ID: 11950954
Assignee: PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 15:
16. A method of performing intraluminal imaging, comprising:
receiving, by at least one of a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or a processor disposed within a single housing of a patient interface module (PIM), an ultrasound echo signal from an intraluminal imaging device comprising an ultrasound imaging component that is powered to obtain the ultrasound echo signal while the intraluminal imaging device is positioned within a body lumen of a patient;
determining, by the at least one of the field programmable gate array (FPGA) or the processor, ultrasound image data based on at least the ultrasound echo signal;
receiving, by a power-over-network component disposed within the single housing of the PIM, operating power from a wireless router at the PIM via a first cable coupled to the wireless router and the PIM, wherein the first cable comprises a network cable, wherein the power-over-network component is different than the network cable;
providing, by the power-over-network component, at least a portion of the operating power from the PIM to the intraluminal imaging device via a second cable such that the ultrasound imaging component is powered to obtain the ultrasound echo signal, wherein the second cable is coupled to the PIM and the intraluminal imaging device; and
transmitting, by the power-over-network component to a computing device via the network cable and the wireless router, the ultrasound image data such that data communication for the ultrasound image data is provided via the network cable,
wherein only the first cable, the single housing, and the second cable are communicatively positioned between the wireless router and the intraluminal device.