General Electric Company
ULTRASOUND PROBE NAVIGATION USING A HAPTIC FEEDBACK DEVICE

Abstract:

A wearable device for providing ultrasound guidance feedback may include a housing that has a plurality of haptic actuators, and an opening extending along an axis through the housing. The opening may fit about a body part of an operator of an ultrasound probe, and the haptic actuators may pulse in an actuation pattern indicative of one or more suggested movements of the ultrasound probe to position the ultrasound probe in a desired position to acquire imaging data of a region of interest of a patient.