Method and apparatus for characterization of clot formation
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
A61B-005/103
A61B-005/117
A61B-008/00
A61B-005/00
A61B-019/00
출원번호
US-0909600
(2010-10-21)
등록번호
US-8740818
(2014-06-03)
발명자
/ 주소
Walker, William F.
Lawrence, Michael B.
Viola, Francesco
Sande, Margaret Kramer
출원인 / 주소
Hemosonics, LLC
대리인 / 주소
Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC
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74
초록▼
Methods, apparatus and systems for characterizing changes in at least one physical property of soft tissue. A series of acoustic pulses is generated and directed into the soft tissue such that at least one of the pulses is of sufficiently high intensity to induce physical displacement of the tissue.
Methods, apparatus and systems for characterizing changes in at least one physical property of soft tissue. A series of acoustic pulses is generated and directed into the soft tissue such that at least one of the pulses is of sufficiently high intensity to induce physical displacement of the tissue. Waves reflected off the tissue, or a flexible member that moves with the tissue, are received and measured to estimate at least one characteristic of the physical displacement induced thereby. Repetition of the generating, receiving and estimating steps provides characterization of the at least one physical property over time. Methods, apparatus and systems for characterizing at least one physical property of blood, by generating a series of acoustic pulses and directing the series of pulses into the blood such that at least one of the pulses is of sufficiently high intensity to induce physical displacement of the blood. Acoustic pulses and/or optical waves reflected from the blood, or a flexible member in contact with the blood that moves with the blood, are received and measured to estimate at least one characteristic of the physical displacement induced thereby.
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1. A method of characterizing changes in at least one physical property of a biological material over time, said method comprising: providing a generator capable of generating a series of acoustic pulses;generating a series of acoustic pulses using the generator and directing said series of pulses i
1. A method of characterizing changes in at least one physical property of a biological material over time, said method comprising: providing a generator capable of generating a series of acoustic pulses;generating a series of acoustic pulses using the generator and directing said series of pulses into the biological material such that at least one of the pulses is of sufficiently high intensity to induce physical displacement of the biological material, wherein each of said acoustic pulses is of finite duration and of brief duration relative to a duration of said generating and said directing;estimating at least one physical property of the biological material based on measuring a displacement resulting from said induced physical displacement of the biological material; andrepeating said generating and estimating steps after passage of a time interval. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein said estimating is based on receiving at least two of said acoustic pulses reflected from the biological material and estimating the at least one physical property based on the acoustic pulses received. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein said estimating is based on receiving optical reflections from the biological material as the biological material is being physically displaced and estimating the at least one physical property based on the optical reflections received. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein said generating and estimating steps are repeated after passage of each of a plurality of predetermined time intervals. 5. The method of claim 1, further comprising outputting at least one measured characteristic from each performance of said generating and measuring steps. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein said outputting comprises plotting time-displacement data. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the biological material is blood. 8. The method of claim 7, further comprising calculating a rate of fibrinolysis of the blood, based upon at least a portion of a time series of said at least one characteristic resultant from said generating and measuring steps. 9. The method of claim 7, further comprising calculating progress of hemostasis of the blood, based upon at least a portion of a time series of said at least one characteristic resultant from said generating and measuring steps. 10. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one physical property comprises at least one parameter determined by fitting experimental data including a plurality of said estimates or measurements, to a theoretical model defining the at least one characteristic. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein said at least one physical property comprises at least one of relative viscosity and relative elasticity of the biological material. 12. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one physical property comprises at least one of relative viscosity and relative elasticity of the biological material. 13. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one physical property comprises at least one force-free parameter. 14. The method of claim 1, wherein said acoustic pulses are ultrasound pulses. 15. The method of claim 7, further comprising calculating a characteristic of coagulation of the blood, based upon at least a portion of a time series of said at least one physical property resultant from said generating and measuring steps. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein said characteristic comprises a rate. 17. The method of claim 15, wherein said characteristic comprises a clot stiffness. 18. The method of claim 15, wherein said characteristic comprises a time to clot. 19. The method of claim 15, wherein said characteristic comprises a time to clot dissolution. 20. The method of claim 7, further comprising identifying a stage of development of a blood clot in the blood, based upon at least a portion of a time series of said at least one characteristic resultant from said generating and measuring steps. 21. The method of claim 1 performed on a patient. 22. The method of claim 21, wherein the biological material is blood. 23. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving at least a portion of said pulses that pass through the biological material and estimating at least one acoustic property of the biological material. 24. The method of claim 23, wherein said pulses that pass through the biological material are received on an opposite side of the biological material from a side where said pulses enter the biological material. 25. The method of claim 23, wherein said at least one acoustic property comprises at least one of attenuation and speed of sound. 26. The method of claim 23, further comprising estimating a magnitude of applied force of the at least one pulse having sufficiently high intensity to induce physical displacement of the biological material, based upon said at least one estimated acoustic property. 27. The method of claim 1, wherein the biological material comprises soft tissue. 28. The method of claim 1, wherein the biological material comprises blood. 29. The method of claim 1, comprising placing the biological material in contact with a control material, and controlling the temperature of the control material. 30. The method of claim 1 performed non-invasively on a patient. 31. A method of characterizing changes in at least one physical property of a material over time, said method comprising: providing a generator capable of generating a series of acoustic pulses;applying a device to an animal body comprising the material;generating a series of acoustic pulses using the generator and directing said series of pulses into the material such that at least one of the pulses is of sufficiently high intensity to induce physical displacement of the material, wherein each of said acoustic pulses is of finite duration and of brief duration relative to a duration of said generating and said directing;estimating at least one physical property of the material based on measuring a displacement resulting from said induced physical displacement of the material; andrepeating said generating and estimating steps after passage of a time interval. 32. The method of claim 31, wherein said applying a device comprises inserting at least a portion of the device invasively within the body. 33. The method of claim 31, wherein the material comprises soft tissue. 34. The method of claim 31, wherein the material comprises blood. 35. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one physical property comprises viscosity of the biological material. 36. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one physical property comprises elasticity of the biological material. 37. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one physical property comprises a combination of shear and compressive modulus of the biological material.
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