Patents by Inventor NIELS-CHRISTIAN SASADY
NIELS-CHRISTIAN SASADY has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11647981Abstract: An ultrasound probe (104) includes a probe head (134). The probe head includes a transducer array (136) with a transducing surface (137), an instrument guide (142), and a light source (140). A method includes emitting a light beam, from a light source disposed on and adjacent to a transducer array of an ultrasound imaging probe, in a direction opposite of a transducing surface of the transducer array, at an inside wall of a cavity of a subject or object. A laparoscopic ultrasound imaging probe includes a shaft, a body, an articulating member that couples the probe head, and a handle coupled to the elongate shaft. The articulating probe head includes a transducer array that generates an ultrasound signal that traverses an image plane of the transducer array, an instrument guide, and a light source arranged to emit light in a direction opposite of the image plane.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2014Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: B-K MEDICAL APSInventors: Niels-Christian Sasady, Per Ehrenreich Nygaard, Bo Hansen
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Patent number: 11510646Abstract: An ultrasound probe includes a housing. The housing includes a first end, which internally houses: a transducer array and a tracking sensor, and a second end. The housing further includes a second portion extending between the first and second ends. The second portion houses: a first electrically conductive path extending from the transducer array through the second portion to the second end, which is opposite the first end, and a second electrically conductive path extending from the tracking sensor through the second portion to the second end. The probe further includes a single electro-mechanical connector with a physical interface configured to transfer signals carried by the first and second electrically conductive members off the probe. The probe further includes a single cable that routes the first and second electrically conductive members from the second end to the electro-mechanical connector.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2017Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: BK MEDICAL APSInventors: Henrik Jensen, Robert Harold Owen, Soren Juel Andersen, Christopher Beers, Niels Christian Sasady, Per Ehrenreich Nygaard
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Patent number: 11324477Abstract: An instrument guide (104) for a probe head (702) of an ultrasound imaging probe (106) that includes a transducer array (114) with a plurality of transducer elements (116) and an image plane. The instrument guide includes a probe support region (122) having a long axis (202) and configured to receive the probe head. The instrument guide further includes a first guide bracket (212) extending from a first side of the support region in a direction of the long axis. The instrument guide further includes a second guide bracket (230) extending from a second side of the support region in a direction transverse to the long axis. The instrument guide further includes a first guide (128) disposed in the first guide bracket. The instrument guide further includes a second guide (126) disposed in the second guide bracket.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: BK Medical APSInventors: Niels-Christian Sasady, Per Ehrenreich Nygaard, John Antol
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Publication number: 20180289357Abstract: An ultrasound probe includes a housing. The housing includes a first end, which internally houses: a transducer array and a tracking sensor, and a second end. The housing further includes a second portion extending between the first and second ends. The second portion houses: a first electrically conductive path extending from the transducer array through the second portion to the second end, which is opposite the first end, and a second electrically conductive path extending from the tracking sensor through the second portion to the second end. The probe further includes a single electro-mechanical connector with a physical interface configured to transfer signals carried by the first and second electrically conductive members off the probe. The probe further includes a single cable that routes the first and second electrically conductive members from the second end to the electro-mechanical connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2017Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicant: B-K Medical ApsInventors: Henrik JENSEN, Robert Harold OWEN, Soren Juel ANDERSEN, Christopher BEERS, Niels Christian SASADY, Per Ehrenreich NYGAARD
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Publication number: 20170303892Abstract: An imaging system comprises an ultrasounds probe (102) including a housing (108) with a probe orientation marker (116) disposed on the housing. The imaging system further comprises a display (132). The imaging system further comprises a console (104), electrically interfaced with the probe and the display, that includes a controller (128). The controller is configured to visually present an ultrasound image, in electronic format and via the display, with an image orientation marker visually displayed superimposed over the image and selectively located with respect to the displayed image based on the location of the probe orientation marker on the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2014Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: B-K Medical ApsInventors: John J. ANTOL, Niels-Christian SASADY, Henrik JENSEN
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Publication number: 20170065250Abstract: An ultrasound probe (104) includes a probe head (134). The probe head includes a transducer array (136) with a transducing surface (137), an instrument guide (142), and a light source (140). A method includes emitting a light beam, from a light source disposed on and adjacent to a transducer array of an ultrasound imaging probe, in a direction opposite of a transducing surface of the transducer array, at an inside wall of a cavity of a subject or object. A laparoscopic ultrasound imaging probe includes a shaft, a body, an articulating member that couples the probe head, and a handle coupled to the elongate shaft. The articulating probe head includes a transducer array that generates an ultrasound signal that traverses an image plane of the transducer array, an instrument guide, and a light source arranged to emit light in a direction opposite of the image plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2014Publication date: March 9, 2017Applicant: B-K Medical ApsInventors: Niels-Christian SASADY, Per Ehrenreich NYGAARD, Bo Hansen
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Publication number: 20170035385Abstract: An instrument guide (104) for a probe head (702) of an ultrasound imaging probe (106) that includes a transducer array (114) with a plurality of transducer elements (116) and an image plane. The instrument guide includes a probe support region (122) having a long axis (202) and configured to receive the probe head. The instrument guide further includes a first guide bracket (212) extending from a first side of the support region in a direction of the long axis. The instrument guide further includes a second guide bracket (230) extending from a second side of the support region in a direction transverse to the long axis. The instrument guide further includes a first guide (128) disposed in the first guide bracket. The instrument guide further includes a second guide (126) disposed in the second guide bracket.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2014Publication date: February 9, 2017Applicant: B-K Medical ApsInventors: Niels-Christian SASADY, Per Ehrenreich NYGAARD, John ANTOL
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Patent number: 8684937Abstract: An imaging probe includes a first nub protruding from an elongate housing in a direction away from the long axis and configured to be grasped by a robot apparatus performing a procedure of the object or subject to position the imaging probe in connection with a region of interest of the subject or object to image the region of interest with the probe. The imaging probe further includes at least one other nub located on and protruding from the elongate housing in a direction away from the long axis and configured to be grasped by a robot apparatus performing the procedure to facilitate grasping the first nub by the robot apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2011Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: B-K Medical APSInventor: Niels-Christian Sasady
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Publication number: 20120238879Abstract: An imaging probe includes a first nub protruding from an elongate housing in a direction away from the long axis and configured to be grasped by a robot apparatus performing a procedure of the object or subject to position the imaging probe in connection with a region of interest of the subject or object to image the region of interest with the probe. The imaging probe further includes at least one other nub located on and protruding from the elongate housing in a direction away from the long axis and configured to be grasped by a robot apparatus performing the procedure to facilitate grasping the first nub by the robot apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2011Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: B-K MEDICAL APSInventor: NIELS-CHRISTIAN SASADY