Patent ID: 9173589
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: A61B,G01R

Abstract:
1. A driver system for performing a magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) procedure using an MRI system to monitor operation of a medical device performing a medical procedure, the driver system comprising: a housing; a port located in the housing and configured to be connected to a driving power; an inertial driver arranged within the housing and configured to be moved within the housing by the driving power; a passage formed in the housing and extending along a longitudinal axis from a first opening in the housing, through the inertial driver, and to a second opening in the housing; and wherein the inertial driver is configured to receive a medical device extending through the passage and along the longitudinal axis and engage a portion of the medical device to impart oscillatory motion to the medical device as the inertial driver is moved within the housing by the driving power, wherein the oscillatory motion imparted by the inertial driver is configured to travel along the medical device as a waveguide to deliver the oscillatory motion to tissue receiving the medical procedure from the medical device to perform the MRE procedure.