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Granted Patent B2
US 12,721,536 · App. 18/742,194 · Granted Sep 1, 2026

Handheld vessel state measurement device

Inventor: Ting-Wei Wang (Hsinchu City, TW)
Assignee: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
A61B5/0265A61B5/02007
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Patent No.
US 12,721,536
App. No.
18/742,194
Granted
Sep 1, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A handheld vascular state measurement device includes a shell, a coil set, and a control module. The shell has a probe part and a handheld part. The coil set is arranged on a measurement surface of the probe part and includes a plurality of coils. The control module is coupled to the coil set. The control module is configured to drive the plurality of coils of the coil set to perform an eddy current induction measurement on a target vessel to derive a plurality of sensing signals corresponding to the plurality of coils. Two of the plurality of sensing signals have a signal characteristic difference. The control module evaluates at least one vascular state of the target vessel based on the signal characteristic difference.

Claims (16)

1 . A handheld vascular state measurement device, comprising:

a shell having a probe part and a handheld part;

a coil set arranged on a measurement surface of the probe part, the coil set including a plurality of coils arranged in a line with a fixed pitch along an extending direction; and

a control module coupled to the coil set, wherein the control module is configured to drive the plurality of coils of the coil set to perform an eddy current induction measurement on a target vessel to derive a plurality of sensing signals corresponding to the plurality of coils,

wherein the control module is further configured to determine a signal characteristic difference between two of the plurality of sensing signals that are derived substantially simultaneously from different locations along the extending direction, and evaluates at least one vascular state of the target vessel based on the signal characteristic difference.

2 . The handheld vascular state measurement device of claim 1 , wherein the eddy current induction measurement includes:

transmitting a plurality of electromagnetic signals to a plurality of detection locations of the target vessel, respectively; and

receiving, by the plurality of coils, a plurality of feedback electromagnetic signals from the plurality of detection locations to obtain the plurality of sensing signals.

3 . The handheld vascular state measurement device of claim 1 , wherein the signal characteristic difference between the two of the plurality of sensing signals at least includes a frequency difference between the two of the plurality of sensing signals.

4 . The handheld vascular state measurement device of claim 1 , wherein the signal characteristic difference between the two of the plurality of sensing signals at least includes a time delay between the two of the plurality of sensing signals.

5 . The handheld vascular state measurement device of claim 4 , wherein two of the plurality of coils are arranged by a distance, and the control module evaluates, according to the time delay and the distance, an evaluated blood flow rate at a measurement region corresponding to the two of the plurality of coils.

6 . The handheld vascular state measurement device of claim 1 , wherein the target vessel is a femoral artery.

7 . The handheld vascular state measurement device of claim 5 , wherein the at least one vascular state includes an embolism level or a hardening level of the target vessel at a measurement region corresponding to the two of the plurality of coils.

8 . The handheld vascular state measurement device of claim 1 , wherein an isolation component is arranged at an outer side of the measurement surface, and the isolation component has a plurality of signal permeable portions corresponding to the plurality of coils.

9 . The handheld vascular state measurement device of claim 1 , wherein a matching component is arranged at an outer side of the measurement surface, and the matching component is configured to reduce energy loss during transmission of electromagnetic signals between the measurement surface and the target vessel.

10 . The handheld vascular state measurement device of claim 1 , wherein the control module is arranged inside the shell.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2024
From: WANG, TING-WEI
To: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 067722/0048 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 112122185 · Jun 14, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240415401A1 · Dec 19, 2024
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