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US 12,518,877 · App. 18/088,404 · Granted Jan 6, 2026

Characterizing and identifying biological structure

Inventors: Gor Lebedev (Massy, FR); Pierluca Messina (Massy, FR)
Assignee: Sensome SAS
G16H50/20A61B5/02007A61B5/0538A61B5/7225A61B5/7267G16H20/40A61B2562/02G16H50/50
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Patent No.
US 12,518,877
App. No.
18/088,404
Granted
Jan 6, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments described relate to techniques for identifying and characterizing biological structures using machine learning techniques. These techniques may be employed to enable a device to identify the particular type of tissue and/or cells (e.g., platelets, smooth muscle cells, or endothelial cells) in, for example, a biological structure, which may be a tissue or a lesion of a duct (e.g., vasculature) in an animal (e.g., a human or non-human animal), among other structures. The machine learning techniques may use raw impedance spectroscopy measurement data in addition to values derived from that raw data. In addition, the machine learning techniques may be used to select frequencies at which to measure impedance and select features to extract from the measured impedance at the selected frequencies to arrive at a small set of frequencies that allow for reliable differentiation.

Claims (46)

1 . A system comprising:

at least one impedance sensor to obtain a plurality of sets of impedance measurements of a biological structure in vivo, each set of the plurality of sets of impedance measurements comprising measurements at a set of frequencies, the set of frequencies comprising a first frequency and a second frequency; and

at least one control circuit configured to process information regarding the biological structure using at least one trained model trained to distinguish between biological structures having different characteristics, wherein the information regarding the biological structure processed using the at least one trained model comprises the plurality of sets of impedance measurements.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the system comprises a medical device, the medical device comprising a probe adapted to be inserted into animal to contact the biological structure in vivo, the at least one impedance sensor being arranged on an exterior of the probe to contact the biological structure while the probe is disposed within the animal.

3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein:

the at least one control circuit configured to process the information regarding the biological structure comprises at least one first control circuit; and

the probe adapted to be inserted into the animal comprises the at least one first control circuit.

4 . The system of claim 3 , wherein the at least one first control circuit, of the probe adapted to be inserted into the animal, is configured to process the plurality of sets of impedance measurements.

5 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the at least one first control circuit, of the probe adapted to be inserted into the animal, is configured to process the plurality of sets of impedance measurements using the at least one trained model.

6 . The system of claim 5 , wherein the at least one first control circuit of the probe is configured to process the plurality of sets of impedance measurements using the at least one trained model at least in part by performing computation using at least one value from each set of the plurality of sets of impedance measurements and at least one weighting value from the at least one trained model.

7 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the at least one first circuit is further configured to, for each set of impedance measurements of the plurality of sets of impedance measurements:

process the set of impedance measurements to derive at least one additional value from impedance measurements of the set, and

combine the at least one additional value with at least some of the impedance measurements to yield, for each set of the plurality of sets, an aggregated set of data regarding the biological structure.

8 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the at least one control circuit is further configured to process the aggregated sets of data regarding the biological structure with the at least one trained model.

9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the at least one control circuit further comprises at least one second circuit separate from the probe and not arranged for insertion into the animal, and wherein the at least one second circuit is configured to process the aggregated sets of data regarding the biological structure with the at least one trained model.

10 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the at least one first circuit of the probe is configured to process the aggregated sets of data regarding the biological structure with the at least one trained model.

11 . The system of claim 7 , wherein:

the first frequency and second frequency are frequencies adjacent to one another in the set of frequencies;

the at least one first circuit is configured to process each set of impedance measurements to derive the at least one additional value at least in part by calculating, as one of the at least one additional values for a set of impedance measurements, a mathematical derivative between a first impedance measurement of the set for the first frequency and a second impedance measurement of the set for the second frequency; and

wherein the at least one control circuit is further configured to process with the at least one trained model, as part of processing the aggregated sets of data regarding the biological structure, the mathematical derivative between the first impedance measurement and second impedance measurement for each set.

12 . The system of claim 7 , wherein:

the at least one first circuit is configured to process each set of impedance measurements to derive the at least one additional value at least in part by calculating, as one of the at least one additional values for a set of impedance measurements, an average impedance value the set impedance measurements; and

wherein the at least one control circuit is further configured to process with the at least one trained model, as part of processing the aggregated sets of data regarding the biological structure, the average impedance value for each set.

13 . The system of claim 7 , wherein:

the at least one first circuit is configured to process each set of impedance measurements to derive the at least one additional value at least in part by calculating, as one of the at least one additional values for a set of impedance measurements, at least one statistical value from the set impedance measurements; and

wherein the at least one control circuit is further configured to process with the at least one trained model, as part of processing the aggregated sets of data regarding the biological structure, the at least one statistical value for each set.

14 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one control circuit is configured to process information regarding the biological structure using the at least one trained model to determine information regarding a composition of the biological structure.

15 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one control circuit is configured to process information regarding the biological structure using the at least one trained model to determine information regarding a state of at least one cell of the biological structure.

16 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one control circuit is configured to process information regarding the biological structure using the at least one trained model to determine a recommendation for a manner in which to treat the biological structure.

17 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one control circuit is configured to process information regarding the biological structure at least in part by processing information regarding the biological structure using at least one trained classifier.

18 . The system of claim 1 , wherein:

the at least one impedance sensor is operable to obtain the plurality of sets of impedance measurements over time period of contacting the biological structure; and

the at least one control circuit is configured to process the plurality of sets of impedance measurements collected over the time period of contacting the biological structure to determine information regarding the biological structure.

19 . The system of claim 7 , wherein:

the at least one first circuit is configured to process each set of impedance measurements to derive the at least one additional value at least in part by calculating, as one or more of the at least one additional values for a set of impedance measurements: (i) a mathematical derivative between a first impedance measurement of the set of impedance measurements for the first frequency and a second impedance measurement of the set of impedance measurements for the second frequency, wherein the first frequency and the second frequency are frequencies adjacent to one another in the set of frequencies, (ii) an average impedance value from the set of impedance measurements, and/or (iii) at least one statistical value from the set of impedance measurements; and

wherein the at least one control circuit is further configured to process with the at least one trained model, as part of processing the aggregated sets of data regarding the biological structure, the at least one additional value comprising: the mathematical derivative between the first impedance measurement and the second impedance measurement, the average impedance value, and/or the at least one statistical value.

20 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the at least one control circuit is configured to process information regarding the biological structure using the at least one trained model to determine information regarding a composition of the biological structure and/or regarding a state of at least one cell of the biological structure.

21 . At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having encoded thereon executable instructions that, when executed by at least one control circuit, cause the at least one control circuit to carry out a method comprising:

determining information regarding a biological structure by analyzing a plurality of sets of impedance measurements for the biological structure, wherein each set of the plurality of sets of impedance measurements comprises an impedance measurement for each frequency of a set of frequencies, the set of frequencies comprising a first frequency and a second frequency, and wherein analyzing the plurality of sets of impedance measurements comprises analyzing the plurality of sets of impedance measurements with at least one trained model trained to distinguish between biological structures having different characteristics based on impedance.

22 . A method comprising:

determining information regarding a biological structure by analyzing a plurality of sets of impedance measurements for the biological structure, wherein each set of the plurality of sets of impedance measurements comprises an impedance measurement for each frequency of a set of frequencies, the set of frequencies comprising a first frequency and a second frequency, and wherein analyzing the plurality of sets of impedance measurements comprises analyzing the plurality of sets of impedance measurements with at least one trained model trained to distinguish between biological structures having different characteristics based on impedance.

23 . The method of claim 22 , wherein:

the method further comprises:

calculating, for each set of the plurality of sets of impedance measurements for the biological structure, at least one additional value from impedance measurements of the set;

combining the at least one additional value with at least some of the impedance measurements to yield, for each set of the plurality of sets, an aggregated set of data regarding the biological structure; and

analyzing the plurality of sets of impedance measurements with the at least one trained model comprises analyzing the aggregated sets of data regarding the biological structure.

Assignments (8)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2025
From: LEBEDEV, GOR
To: INSTENT SAS
Reel/Frame 072977/0588 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2025
From: MESSINA, PIERLUCA
To: INSTENT SAS
Reel/Frame 072977/0771 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2025
From: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
To: INSTENT SAS
Reel/Frame 072979/0256 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2025
From: ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE
To: INSTENT SAS
Reel/Frame 072979/0504 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 20, 2025
From: INSTENT SAS
To: SENSOME SAS
Reel/Frame 073669/0793 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2025
From: LEBEDEV, GOR; MESSINA, PIERLUCA
To: SENSOME SAS
Reel/Frame 074044/0776 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2025
From: INSTENT SAS
To: ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2025
From: INSTENT SAS
To: LE CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
Reel/Frame 072978/0164 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16462870
Provisional Application 62424693 · Nov 21, 2016
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