Abstract: A system, apparatus and method directed to placing a medical instrument in a vasculature of a patient body, the system including an optical fiber with one or more core fibers. The system can include a console having non-transitory computer-readable medium storing logic that, when executed, causes operations of providing an incident light signal to the optical fiber, receiving a reflected light signal of the incident light, wherein the reflected light signal is reflected from at least one of red blood cells or tissue within the patient body, processing the reflected light signal to determine an oxygen level within the patient body near a distal tip of the optical fiber. The method can include determining a location of the distal tip of the optical fiber within the patient body at least based on the oxygen level.

Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system configured to assess the impact of placement of a vascular access device on fluid flow through a target vessel. The ultrasound imaging system includes an ultrasound probe having an ultrasound array configured to capture one or more ultrasound images of the target vessel and a Doppler array configured to detect the fluid flow through a region of interest of the target vessel. The ultrasound imaging system further includes a console in communication with each of the ultrasound array and the Doppler array, the console configured to determine the region of interest of the target vessel.

Abstract: A disinfecting device having a housing and an ultraviolet source located in the housing. The disinfecting device may include a tube that includes a first end connected to the housing and a second end free of the housing. An end cap may be located at the second end of the tube. In use, ultraviolet light may be emitted from the ultraviolet source and propagated to the end cap in order to disinfect a portion of a medical device.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system and method directed to detecting placement of a medical device within a patient body, where the system includes a medical device including an optical fiber having core fibers, each of the one or more core fibers including a plurality of sensors each configured to (i) reflect a light signal having an altered characteristic due to strain experienced by the optical fiber. The system further includes logic configured to cause operations of providing an incident light signal to the optical fiber, receiving reflected light signals of different spectral widths of the incident light from the sensors, processing the reflected light signals to detect fluctuations of a portion of the optical fiber, and determining a location of the portion of the optical fiber based on the detected fluctuations. In some instances, the detected fluctuations are caused by anatomical movement of the patient body.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are medical systems and devices that include an elongate probe configured for insertion into a patient, where the elongate probe includes an electrically conductive (EC) medium extending along probe. The EC medium may take several forms, including a conductive cannula, an ionic solution, a flex circuit, wires, or platings. The probe includes a conductive tip for exchanging electrical signals with a patient. The probe includes optical fiber having shape sensing core fibers, illuminating core fibers and imaging core fibers. A console of the system includes logic executed by one or more processors to perform operations that include providing and/or receiving electrical signals to and from the patient. Operations further include shape sensing of the probe, projecting illuminating light, and receiving imaging light.

Abstract: Procedural barrier-breaching connectors and connection-establishing devices, as well as systems and methods thereof, for establishing portals in procedural barriers are disclosed. For example, a connection-establishing device can include a cap and an extension arm. The cap is configured to sit over a protruding portion of a first medical device with a procedural barrier between the connection-establishing device and the first medical device. The extension arm is configured to push a male connector of a second medical device through the procedural barrier and into a female connector of the first medical device with the extension arm, which establishes one or more functional connections across the procedural barrier between the second medical device and the first medical device. An exemplary method for the connection-establishing device includes a cap-placing step, an articulating step, and a functional connection-establishing step for establishing the one-or-more functional connections.

Abstract: A system, apparatus and method directed to detecting damage to an optical fiber. The optical fiber includes core fibers including a plurality of sensors configured to (i) reflect a light signal based on received incident light, and (ii) change a characteristic of the reflected light signal based on experienced strain. The system can include a console having memory storing logic that, when executed, causes operations of providing receiving reflected light signals of different spectral widths of the broadband incident light by one or more of the plurality of sensors, processing the reflected light signals to detect fluctuations of a portion of the optical fiber, and determining a location of the portion of the optical fiber or a defect affecting a vessel in which the portion is disposed based on the detected fluctuations. The portion may be a distal tip of the optical fiber.

Abstract: A medical system is disclosed that includes a medical device having an optical fiber, and an interchangeable connection component configured to provide a fiber optic connection between the medical device and capital equipment. The connection component is configured to facilitate cleaning and/or polishing of fiber optic interfaces include therewith. The connection component is also configured for replacement by a medical technician while the capital equipment is operational. The capital equipment may include one or more of an optical interrogator, a patch cable, a medical probe, an ultrasound machine, a display, a magnet sensor, or an electro-cardiogram (ECG) machine. The medical device may include an elongate member configured for insertion within the patient body, where the optical fiber core extends along a length of the elongate member.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an ultrasound imaging system configured to guide medical device insertion. The ultrasound imaging system includes an ultrasound probe having an ultrasound generation device configured to detect one or more anatomical targets within a target area, and one or more projectors configured to project one or more icons within the target area. The ultrasound imaging system can also include a console configured to generate the one or more icons. The console can be coupled to the ultrasound probe, and be in communication with each of the ultrasound generation device and the one or more projectors.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are fiber-optic assemblies for insertion within a patient body, that include an optical fiber and a secondary mechanical layer extending around a circumference of the optical fiber along at least the distal portion of the optical fiber. A distal tip section of the optical fiber includes a portion of the optical fiber disposed within a circuitous path, or an expansion of the optical fiber. The optical fiber may be a shape sensing optical fiber. A medical device assembly includes the fiber-optic assembly coupled with a catheter, a stylet, a probe, or a guidewire. The secondary mechanical layer and/or the expansion may be formed of an electrically conductive material.

Abstract: An ultrasound-imaging system is disclosed that includes an ultrasound probe and a console. The ultrasound probe includes an array of ultrasonic transducers configured to emit generated ultrasound signals into a patient, receive reflected ultrasound signals, and convert the reflected ultrasound signals into corresponding electrical signals of the ultrasound signals for processing into an ultrasound image, and a component configured to obtain positional-tracking data as the ultrasound probe moves along the patient from a starting position to an end position.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are medical systems, devices, and methods for performing vascular treatments and diagnoses. A vascular device include an optical fiber including a single fiber core disposed offset from a central axis of the optical fiber. The single fiber enables logic of the system to perform determine multiple conditions of the device and the patient. The conditions may include one or more of blood flow parameters, infusate delivery parameters, location of the device within the patient, pH of the blood, oxygen level of the blood, damage to the optical fiber, or core temperature of the patient. The elongate medical device may be a catheter, a stylet, a guidewire, or a probe.

Abstract: A triphalangeal stabilization feature for an ultrasound probe includes a stationary member, a manipulation member, and a locking member. The stationary member has a shape conforming to an outer surface of the ultrasound probe. The manipulation member is slidingly coupled to the stationary member and extends away from the stationary member to provide a surface for one or more of a user's fingers. The locking member is configured to prevent movement of the manipulation member with respect to the stationary member at one or more different positions along the stationary member.

Abstract: A system, apparatus and method directed to determining a temperature within a patient body, including an optical fiber with one or more core fibers. The system can include a console having non-transitory computer-readable medium storing logic that, when executed, causes operations of providing an incident light signal to the optical fiber, receiving a reflected light signal of the incident light, processing the reflected light signal to determine a temperature within the patient body near a measurement region. The method may include determining a location of a distal tip of the optical fiber within the patient body at least based on the temperature.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system, apparatus and method directed to placing a medical instrument in a vasculature of a patient body. The optical fiber includes one or more core fibers. The system also includes a console having non-transitory computer-readable medium storing logic that, when executed, causes operations of providing an incident light signal to the optical fiber, where the optical fiber is coupled to a deployable medical device, receiving a reflected light signal of the incident light, and processing the reflected light signal to determine deployment information pertaining to deployment of the deployable medical device. The medical device may be a balloon, a filter, a stent or a valve, and the deployment information may include a location of the deployment, a status of the deployment, measurements of the deployable medical device in a deployed state or a shape of the deployed medical device.

Abstract: A magnetic signature imprinting system includes an imprinting device and a medical device having ferrous elements. The imprinting device can include an active area configured to receive the medical device. The active area can include one or more electromagnets configured to generate one or more electromagnetic fields to imprint a magnetic signature. The imprinting device can further include one or more sensors or a user input mechanism configured to detect one or more characteristics of the medical device and a console in communication with each of the electromagnets and the sensors.

Abstract: Ultrasound probe assemblies including the probe, a sheath, and an accessory implement that may be selectively attached to and detached form the probe. The implement includes an attachment surface for attaching accessories thereto. The attachment surface includes a defined angle with respect to the head of the probe so that accessories attached thereto are disposed in a defined alignment with the probe. The implement includes a circumferential wall defining a cavity configure to receive the probe head therein. The cavity includes a bottom opening to expose a patient coupling surface of the probe. The assembly may include an ultrasound gel disposed within the opening. The sheath may include a stretchable band to secure the sheath to the probe. The sheath defines a sterile barrier and may be attached to the implement.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system that includes an ultrasound imaging probe having a first optical fiber integrated therein and a console optically coupled with the ultrasound imaging probe via a first elongate member. The console includes one or more processors and a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon logic, that when executed by the one or more processors, causes operations that can include providing an incident light signal to the first optical fiber via the first elongate member, receiving reflected light signals of different spectral widths of the incident light from the first optical fiber and the second optical fiber, processing the reflected light signals to determine a first three-dimensional (3D) shape extending along a length including at least portions of the first optical fiber and the second optical fiber, and causing rendering of an image of the first 3D shape on a display of the medical system.

Abstract: A system and method directed to detecting placement of a medical device within a patient body, the system including a medical device including a multi-core optical fiber having a plurality of core fibers. Each of the plurality of core fibers can include a plurality of sensors each configured to reflect a light signal having an altered characteristic due to strain experienced by the multi-core optical fiber. The system can further include logic configured to determine a 3D shape of the medical device in accordance with the strain of the optical fiber. The logic can be configured to define a reference plane for the 3D shape and render an image of the 3D shape on a display of the system in accordance with the reference plane.

Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system configured to assess a blood flow rate through a target vessel. The ultrasound imaging system includes an ultrasound probe having an ultrasound array configured to capture ultrasound image of the target vessel and a doppler array configured to detect the fluid flow through a region of interest of the target vessel. Logic operations of a console of the system and methods include determining a region of interest of the ultrasound image, calculating a percentage of the blood vessel occupied by the vascular access device, utilizing a data training set to predict a blood flow rate after placement of the vascular access device based on a blood flow rate prior to placement of the vascular device, and utilizing a data training set to predict a blood flow rate downstream of the vascular access device based on a blood flow rate upstream of the vascular device.