Systems and methods of monitoring the acoustic coupling of medical devices
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
A61N-001/00
A61B-005/00
A61N-001/372
A61B-008/00
출원번호
US-0427312
(2009-04-21)
등록번호
US-8798761
(2014-08-05)
발명자
/ 주소
Doron, Eyal
출원인 / 주소
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Faegre Baker Daniels LLP
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Systems and methods for monitoring the acoustic coupling of medical devices is disclosed. An illustrative system for monitoring the acoustic coupling of an acoustic transducer attached to a patient's body includes a signal generator adapted to supply an electrical signal to the transducer, a circuit
Systems and methods for monitoring the acoustic coupling of medical devices is disclosed. An illustrative system for monitoring the acoustic coupling of an acoustic transducer attached to a patient's body includes a signal generator adapted to supply an electrical signal to the transducer, a circuit configured to measure at least one electrical parameter of the transducer, and a processor adapted to evaluate the degree of acoustic coupling of the transducer to the body based on the measured electrical signal. The processor can measure the frequency response of the acoustic transducer to the electrical signal, a time domain response of the acoustic transducer to the electrical signal, or a combination of both.
대표청구항▼
1. A system for monitoring the acoustic coupling of an acoustic transducer attached to a patient's body, comprising: an acoustic transducer attachable to the body and in acoustic communication with an implantable medical device;a signal generator coupled to the acoustic transducer, the signal genera
1. A system for monitoring the acoustic coupling of an acoustic transducer attached to a patient's body, comprising: an acoustic transducer attachable to the body and in acoustic communication with an implantable medical device;a signal generator coupled to the acoustic transducer, the signal generator adapted to supply a time-varying electrical signal to the acoustic transducer for generating an acoustic wave;a circuit configured to measure at least one electrical parameter of the acoustic transducer in response to the electrical signal while the transducer is acoustically loaded to a tissue interface of the body, the at least one electrical parameter including a frequency parameter associated with a frequency-dependent response of the acoustic transducer to the time-varying electrical signal; andan evaluation module adapted to evaluate the degree of acoustic coupling of the loaded transducer to the tissue interface by evaluating a complex impedance curve associated with the loaded transducer based at least in part on the measured frequency parameter, wherein the evaluation module is configured to evaluate the degree of acoustic coupling by causing the signal generator to sweep the electrical signal across a frequency range and measure a corresponding impedance parameter at each of a plurality of frequencies in the frequency range, wherein the evaluation module is further configured to analyze a width of the complex impedance curve. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one electrical parameter further includes a measured voltage or current parameter. 3. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuit comprises a time domain coupling circuit. 4. The system of claim 3, wherein the evaluation module is further configured to evaluate the acoustic coupling based on a time domain parameter associated with the acoustic transducer. 5. The system of claim 3, wherein the evaluation module is configured to evaluate the acoustic coupling based on a time-domain parameter and the frequency parameter associated within the acoustic transducer. 6. A method of monitoring the acoustic coupling of an acoustic transducer attached to a patient's body, comprising: providing a time-varying electrical signal to the acoustic transducer;measuring at least one electrical parameter associated with the response of the acoustic transducer to the electrical signal while the transducer is acoustically loaded to a tissue interface of the body, the at least one electrical parameter including a frequency parameter associated with a frequency-dependent response of the acoustic transducer to the time-varying electrical signal; andevaluating the degree of acoustic coupling of the loaded acoustic transducer to the tissue interface by evaluating a complex impedance curve associated with the loaded transducer based at least in part on the measured frequency parameter, wherein evaluating the degree of acoustic coupling comprises sweeping the electrical signal across a frequency range and measuring a corresponding impedance parameter at each of a plurality of frequencies in the frequency range, and wherein evaluating the degree of acoustic coupling further comprises analyzing a width of the complex impedance curve. 7. The method of claim 6, wherein the at least one electrical parameter further includes a voltage parameter associated with the acoustic transducer. 8. The method of claim 6, wherein the at least one electrical parameter further includes a current parameter associated with the acoustic transducer. 9. The method of claim 6, further comprising outputting a warning signal if the degree of acoustic coupling falls below a threshold coupling value. 10. The method of claim 6, wherein evaluating the degree of acoustic coupling of the acoustic transducer to the body further includes measuring a time domain parameter associated with the response of the acoustic transducer to the electrical signal. 11. The method of claim 6, wherein evaluating the degree of acoustic coupling of the acoustic transducer to the body includes measuring both the frequency parameter and a time domain parameter associated with the response of the acoustic transducer to the electrical signal. 12. The method of claim 6, wherein evaluating the degree of acoustic coupling of the acoustic transducer to the body further includes measuring the load resistance or mechanical inductance of an equivalence electrical circuit modeling the acoustic transducer. 13. A method of monitoring the acoustic coupling of an acoustic transducer attached to a patient's body, comprising: providing a time-varying electrical signal to an acoustic transducer acoustically loaded to a tissue interface of the body, the transducer including a number of terminal leads;measuring a voltage parameter at the terminal leads in response to the electrical signal;measuring a current parameter across the terminal leads in response to the electrical signal;measuring a frequency parameter associated with a frequency-dependent response of the loaded acoustic transducer to the electrical signal; andevaluating the degree of acoustic coupling of the acoustic transducer to the tissue interface by evaluating a complex impedance curve associated with the loaded transducer based at least in part on the measured voltage, current, and frequency parameters, wherein evaluating the degree of acoustic coupling comprises sweeping the electrical signal across a frequency range and measuring a corresponding impedance parameter at each of a plurality of frequencies in the frequency range, and wherein evaluating the degree of acoustic coupling further comprises analyzing a width of the complex impedance curve.
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