WO2006131881A1 - System for guiding a probe over the surface of the skin of a patient or an animal - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to the medical diagnosis of the skin and of tissue and structures below the skin, and in particular to the field of cannulation, hence to the insertion of a cannula or needle into the vascular system of a person or an animal.
- a measuring probe For medical diagnosis of the skin or of structures below the skin with ultrasound systems or the like a measuring probe has to be positioned above the skin such that the ultrasound waves can penetrate the patient's body.
- the ultrasound may then be used to generate two-dimensional (2D) or three-dimensional (3D) images of the scanned body portions yielding images of e.g. blood vessels, a kidney or a liver.
- 2D two-dimensional
- 3D three-dimensional
- US 6,478,740 B2 discloses an ultrasound imaging system with a handheld satellite.
- the satellite comprises a motorized transducer which moves across the skin and which can be used to localize a blood vessel.
- US 6,530,886 Bl discloses an apparatus for measuring subcutaneous fat with ultrasound.
- An ultrasound probe is slidably mounted on an apparatus which is fastened to the patient's body by means of a belt.
- the system comprises a probe holder to which a probe can be rigidly attached. Further, at least one flexible rail is used which can be wrapped around the patient or a part of the body of the patient, where said probe holder is moveably mounted or is moveably mountable on said rail.
- patient used in this description should be understood to include human beings as well as animals.
- a probe can be fastened to the probe holder by conventional fastening means such as screws, snap-on mountings or the like.
- conventional fastening means such as screws, snap-on mountings or the like.
- the rail is wrapped around the patient, and is then firmly attached to him.
- the attachment of the probe holder to the at least one rail there is no unwanted movement of the probe relative to the patient's body.
- the probe holder is moveably mounted or is moveably mountable on the rail, a precise movement along the rail is possible to search for an optimal position of the probe.
- the probe holder is just a plate which is moveably mounted or is moveably mountable on the at least one rail, so that the probe holder can easily translate along the rail.
- the at least one rail comprises a flexible material so that it can be wrapped around the patient or a body organ of the patient. It may thus be wrapped around a leg, a hand, an arm or other parts of the body.
- the probe holder may accommodate at least a portion of the upper part of the rail, for example by means of a recess. If the material of the holder in the vicinity of the recess is rigid, the end of the rail can be inserted into the recess. If the material is elastic, the additional possibility exists of clicking the probe holder onto the rails. The rail then snaps into the recess of the probe holder and establishes the moveable relationship between the probe holder and the rail.
- the system comprises at least two flexible rails which are arranged substantially parallel to each other, and the probe is moveably mounted between said rails.
- the rails are mounted onto a strap which is attachable to the patient.
- the strap is made of a flexible material, for example a polymer, so that the flexible strap can be wrapped around the patient or the animal or a body organ of the patient.
- the strap facilitates and speeds up wearing a system having two or more rails as only a single strap has to be attached to the body site instead of a multitude of parts. Furthermore, wearing a strap is more convenient than wearing single rails. The straps thus allow a more convenient and faster use of the system.
- the probe holder is moveable substantially parallel as well as substantially vertical to the at least one rail.
- the probe holder may have a recess which accommodates the upper part of the rail so that the probe holder can move along the rail.
- the rail itself can be moveable in a direction substantially vertical to the rails.
- the at least one rail can be slidably mounted on the strap, for example by mounting the rail on a plate, where the plate is mounted on a second rail which shows an orientation perpendicular to the orientation of the first rail. This embodiment allows a two-dimensional movement of the probe over the skin.
- the strap comprises a Velcro fastener.
- the Velcro fastener helps to adjust the length of the strength and ensures that the strap fits tightly to the body site. Furthermore, it enables to compensate different body sizes as well as different strap sizes which are needed for different parts of the body. In the latter case, however, different straps for different body sites are preferred.
- the system comprises means for securing the position of the probe holder relative to the at least one rail.
- the securing means might be an element which is pressed against a rail as a brake.
- the position of the probe relative to the skin is fixed with the above-mentioned brake.
- the securing means has the advantage that the position need not be fixed manually enabling a hand-free operation such that the medical staff which uses the system can conveniently execute other tasks.
- the system accommodates a puncture system for inserting a cannula or a needle into a blood vessel of the patient.
- the probe holder then contains a probe adapted for this purpose, while the probe applies techniques such as Near infrared imaging, Optical Coherence Tomography, Photo Acoustic Imaging or Ultrasound Techniques.
- techniques based on Doppler signals can be used, for example Doppler Ultrasound or Doppler Optical Coherence Tomography.
- combinations of Doppler-based and imaging-based signal acquisition techniques might be implemented.
- An embodiment of a guiding system which cooperates with a puncture system as it is described in the last paragraph offers the possibility of performing blood withdrawals, infusions, catheter insertion, dialysis applications or the like.
- these tasks can be performed with an increased safety for the patient and with an increased likelihood that the blood vessel is really punctured. This is particularly true in the case of less experienced medical staff.
- this group of persons can be appointed to carry out these tasks at reduced costs.
- the increased safety and comfort allows that the patient uses the system at home which, together with appropriate blood vessel parameter analysis tools, enables more frequent measurements.
- the puncture system allows the operator to work manually, semi- automatically or even automatically when carrying out one of the above-mentioned tasks.
- the system comprises actuation means which are adapted to move the probe holder over the skin of the patient. This is preferably done in response to an output of the puncture system. The movement is then possible in directions parallel and/or perpendicular to the rail. In this way the system is able to autonomously determine an optimal position for a measurement by the probe, and to determine an optimal position for the insertion of a cannula. This provides a higher degree of automation and an increased comfort for the operator.
- the puncture system comprises location determining means for determining at least one location of the blood vessel, and processing means for determining a puncture location of the blood vessel in response to an output of the location determining means.
- the location determining means carry out measurements by using the probe mentioned above, and the processing means, e.g. a computational entity and software, analyse the measurement values accordingly.
- the processing means may visualize the result on a screen, for example as a 2D image or a 3D image showing a blood vessel.
- the location determining means are adapted to provide a plurality of geometric data of the blood vessel. This allows the determination of parameters such as blood vessel diameter, blood vessel size as well as a depth under the skin. Further, the location determining means effectively provide determination of the blood vessel's course.
- this puncture system may comprise a light source and projection means associated with the light source.
- the projection means are adapted to indicate the puncture location and the course of the blood vessel on the skin of the patient by light.
- the puncture location can be marked by a cross or another figure, and the course of the vessel can be visualized by an arrow or a line. Furthermore, the angle of the cannula with respect to the skin can be indicated as well.
- the projection means may include a tiltable mirror reflecting the light emitted by the light source.
- the light can be laser light, e.g. a laser pointer, or the light of a light- emitting diode.
- the light is preferably green light, as green light is easily visible on all types of skin, i.e. on light skin as well as on dark skin.
- the location determining means are further adapted to track the location of the needle's or cannula's distal end during insertion of the needle or cannula.
- the puncture system further has control means for controlling the movement of the needle or cannula in response to the tracking of the needle's or cannula's distal end.
- the puncture system is provided with a feedback allowing to monitor and to check whether the distal end of the needle or cannula is correctly inserted.
- This functionality effectively represents a safety mechanism of the puncture system and helps to prevent that despite of an accurate inspection of the blood vessel the cannula might be incorrectly introduced, which may have serious consequences for the patient's health.
- the location determining means provide course and location determination of the blood vessel as well as tracking of the needle's or cannula's distal end at a sufficient repetition rate that allows fast reaction in case the cannula introduction deviates from a predetermined path or schedule. Also, the location determining means allow to check whether the distal end of the needle or cannula has been inserted correctly into the person's vascular system. Hence, the location determining means not only provide a control mechanism during needle or cannula insertion but also allow to check the final position of the needle or cannula after the intravascular insertion has been terminated.
- the blood vessel identification means are adapted to identify whether a blood vessel is an artery or a vein.
- the cannula insertion system is safer to use as many applications require a puncturing of the correct blood vessel type. This makes it possible that less experienced medical staff use the cannula insertion system, an aspect which saves money in the expensive health system. It is even conceivable that patients having no medical knowledge use the cannula insertion system under the supervision of medical staff. Procedures like blood withdrawal would then become particularly easy.
- a first possibility of identifying the blood vessel type consists in applying conventional Doppler techniques with or without imaging, in particular with an ultrasonic or optical Doppler system.
- an ultrasound or optical signal is coupled to the tissue containing the blood vessel and then absorbed by particles in the blood.
- the ultrasound or optical energy is then emitted by the particles and detected by a sensor as a Doppler signal.
- Blood flowing away from the sensor emits ultrasound or optical waves having a frequency that is lower than the waves coupled to the tissue.
- the Doppler signal thus yields the direction of the blood flow which distinguishes arteries from veins, as blood in arteries is flowing away from the heart, and blood in veins is flowing towards the heart.
- This flow direction of blood can be marked by a color.
- the direction of the blood flow might be assigned the color red or blue, indicating a flow towards or away from the ultrasound transducer or optical probe. This is why this technique is called Color Doppler (Ultrasound) technique.
- a second possibility similar to the first one is to determine the frequency shift of the Doppler signal as a function of time.
- the result can be used to calculate the blood flow as a function of time.
- the flow in a vein is rather constant in time, whereas the flow in an artery is pulsating in nature, the frequency of the pulses representing the heart rate.
- the pulsating or non-pulsating nature of the blood flow can be used to distinguish an artery from a vein.
- a third possibility is to carry out a mechanical palpation. If the tissue containing the blood vessel is subjected to a mechanical pressure, veins have the tendency to collapse, whereas arteries do not collapse due to different vessel wall characteristics. Thus the different behaviour of veins and arteries with respect to mechanical pressure can be used to distinguish arteries from veins.
- the mechanical palpation can be carried out by pushing an imaging probe onto the skin and following the corresponding signal.
- a fourth possibility of distinguishing arteries from veins is establishing the oxygen content in the blood which can be measured by an absorption technique.
- the blood vessel In a first step the blood vessel is subjected to light of a first wavelength which is well absorbed by low-oxygen blood found in veins.
- the blood vessel In a second step the blood vessel is subjected to light of a second wavelength which is well absorbed by high-oxygen blood found in arteries.
- measuring and analyzing the absorption of the two wavelengths allows to distinguish arteries from veins.
- the needle or cannula is applicable to blood withdrawal and/or drug infusion and/or blood transfusion, and/or catheter insertion and/or dialysis applications.
- the invention can be universally applied to various different medical purposes that require insertion of a needle or cannula into a vascular system of a person.
- Respective cannula insertion means for fixing the needle or cannula are typically realized by making use of a modular concept allowing a quick and secure adaptation of the needle or cannula insertion system to a multitude of different purposes.
- Fig. 1 shows the guiding system attached to a patient's arm
- Fig. 2 shows a side view of the guiding system attached to a patient's arm
- Fig. 3 shows a probe holder allowing a movement in one direction
- Fig. 4 shows a second holder allowing a movement in two directions
- Fig. 5 illustrates a schematic block diagram of the inventive puncture system
- Fig. 6 shows a schematic illustration of a puncture location and of the insertion position determined by the puncture system.
- Fig. 1 shows a guiding system 1 according to the invention.
- the system 1 is wrapped around an arm 7 of a patient 3. It has a strap 8 having a rectangular shape, a width of 15 cm and a length which is adjustable by means of a Velcro fastener 7.
- Velcro fastener 10 By an appropriate use of the Velcro fastener 10 it can be ensured that the strap 8 fits tightly to the arm of the patient 3.
- Two flexible rails 5, 5' are located on top of the strap 8.
- the rails 5, 5' are made of e.g. polypropylene and are spaced approximately 7 cm apart in a parallel configuration.
- a probe holder 2 is moveably mounted between the rails 5, 5' and carries a probe 4.
- the probe 4 is screwed onto the probe holder 2.
- the probe holder 2 can travel in parallel to the rails 5, 5' as indicated by the arrows 24 and 24'.
- the first rails 5,5' are moveably mounted on second rails 6, 6', while the alignment of the rails 6, 6' is perpendicular to the alignment of the rails 5, 5'.
- the probe holder 2 is moveable parallel as well as vertical to the first rails 5, 5.
- the system according to Fig. 1 is easily attached to the patient, whereby the Velcro fastener 10 allows an individual adjustment of the length of the strap 8 according to the size of the patient or of the body part to which it is attached. Furthermore, it allows a very precise movement of the probe 2 in the directions 24, 24' and 25, 25' respectively. To improve this precision even more, the probe holder can be fastened to the rail. Prior to this fastening the position of the rails can be easily changed in order to optimize the measurement position of the probe.
- the attachment of the probe holder 2 to the arm 7 of a patient is shown in Fig. 2.
- the probe holder 2 rests on the strap 8, where the rails are not shown for simplicity.
- the probe 4 is on top of the probe holder 2 and scans to find blood vessels such as artery 22 or vein 23.
- blood vessel identification means 21 serve to differentiate between veins and arteries.
- the blood vessel identification means 21 are also adapted to monitor and/or guide the movement of the distal end 19 of cannula 117 into artery 22 or vein 23.
- Fig. 3 shows the probe holder 2 in more detail.
- the probe holder 2 basically comprises a rectangular plate with longitudinal recesses 26, 26' into which the rails 5, 5' can be inserted.
- actuation means 13 comprise a gearwheel (not shown) which has teeth, whereby the teeth engage, as the plate has oblong openings for that purpose, with corresponding openings in the rail.
- the actuation means 13 also include means 9 for securing a safe position of the probe holder 2 in the rail.
- Fig. 4 shows a probe holder 2 having recesses 26, 26' to accommodate a first pair of substantially parallel rails in a first direction. Furthermore, the probe holder 2 has additional recesses 26" and 26"' which are arranged with a height offset O in comparison to recesses 26, 26' as indicated by the double arrow. These additional recesses 26", 26'" serve to accommodate a second pair of substantially parallel rails in a second direction being perpendicular to the first direction. A movement in two directions is achieved by gliding of the probe holder 2 along rails 5, 5' (not shown) accommodated by recesses 26, 26', and/or by its gliding along rails 6, 6' (not shown) accommodated by recesses 26", 26'".
- Fig. 5 shows a schematic block diagram of the puncture system 100 which is mountable on the probe holder 2, where the probe holder 2 is not shown for the sake of simplicity.
- the puncture system 100 has an acquisition module 108, a detection system 110, a control unit 112, a cannula control 114 as well as a cannula mount 116.
- the cannula 117 itself can be rigidly attached to the cannula mount 116 that represents fastening means for fixing the cannula and means for moving and aligning the cannula 117 as controlled by the cannula control unit 114.
- the cannula 117 and the cannula mount 116 can be moved along the insertion direction 120 as well as along direction 118 that is substantially parallel to the surface of the skin 104.
- direction 118 can be any direction in the plane parallel to the skin surface.
- the cannula 117 and the cannula mount 116 are moveable by means of the cannula control 114 in all three spatial directions.
- the angle ⁇ 119 between the insertion direction 120 and the surface of the skin 104 may be arbitrarily modified by means of the cannula control 114 in a way that is determined by means of the detection system 110 and the control unit 112. Fig.
- FIG. 6 shows an application of the puncture system to a person by means of a cross-sectional illustration of the person's skin 104.
- Underneath the surface of the skin 104 is a blood vessel 102 that is surrounded by tissue 106.
- the acquisition module 108 is adapted to acquire optical, opto-acoustic or acoustic data from the tissue 106 and the blood vessel 102 that allows to classify at least one blood vessel parameter, such as location of the blood vessel, diameter of the blood vessel, size of the blood vessel, depth underneath the surface of the skin 104, geometry of the blood vessel, blood flow or similar parameters.
- the acquisition module 108 is realized by means of Ultrasound, Near-infrared imaging, Optical Coherence Tomography, Doppler
- Ultrasound, Doppler Optical Coherence Tomography or Photo Acoustic techniques that allow to generate a signal providing identification of the blood vessel 102.
- Signals acquired by the acquisition module 108 are applied to the detection system 110, which in turn generates a signal of the blood vessel 102.
- detection system 110 as well as acquisition module 108 are coordinated in a sense that the detection system 110 is suitable for performing signal processing of signals obtained from the acquisition module 108.
- the blood vessel 102 may be precisely located even at an appreciable depth underneath the surface of the skin 104.
- Doppler techniques may be applied including e.g. Doppler Ultrasound techniques allowing detection of e.g. blood flow in the blood vessel 102.
- Doppler Optical Coherence Tomography might be correspondingly applied.
- the imaging system 110 does not necessarily have to provide a visual image. Instead, the imaging system 110 may be enabled to directly extract blood vessel parameters from the signals acquired by the acquisition module 108. Hence, extraction of blood vessel parameters may be performed by means of the detection system 110 or by the control unit 112.
- the control unit 112 has a processing unit that is enabled to process the data obtained from the detection system 110. Depending on the type of data provided by the detection system 110, the processing unit of the control unit 112 may further process blood vessel parameters in order to extract required blood vessel parameters from a signal of the blood vessel 102. Furthermore, the control unit 112 is enabled to perform a tissue analysis to check whether the tissue in the proximity of the puncture location is suitable for punctuation.
- the control unit 112 serves to process the blood vessel parameters in order to find and determine a puncture location of the blood vessel 102 that is ideally suited for an insertion of the cannula 117.
- this puncture location may be determined with respect to location and course of the blood vessel 102.
- More sophisticated implementations further account for the vessel geometry in the vicinity of an intended puncture location as well as vessel diameter and depth underneath the surface of the skin 104.
- the puncture location may be determined as a result of an optimization procedure taking into account all kinds of blood vessel parameters.
- the optimization procedure that is typically performed by means of the processing unit of the control unit 112 may specify, that a puncture location must not be in the vicinity of a branch or junction of a blood vessel 102.
- a puncture location may require a certain diameter of the blood vessel 102.
- the puncture location may be determined with respect to a smallest possible depth of the blood vessel 102 underneath the surface of the skin 104.
- the control unit may also determine the insertion direction 120 specifying at what angle ⁇ 119 the cannula 117 has to be introduced into the skin 104 and the tissue 106.
- the control unit 112 is further adapted to specify an insertion position for the cannula 117.
- the insertion position specifies a position as well as an alignment or direction of the cannula 117 from which the cannula 117 has to be shifted along the insertion direction, i.e. the direction coinciding with the longitudinal direction of the cannula, in order to hit the blood vessel at the determined puncture location with its distal end.
- tissue analysis means check whether the tissue 106 surrounding the insertion position 126 is suitable for puncturing. In the alternative, a reverse order is chosen: in a first step the skin surface is analysed, and if this is ok, a blood vessel is determined.
- the tissue analysis means might be separate means or are provided as an additional functionality of the control unit 112. For the latter case the firmware of the control unit 112 has to be supplemented accordingly. Control unit 112 then needs to analyse the output of the detection system 110 adapted to provide a measurement of the puncture location 124.
- Cannulation starts after determining the puncture location 124 and the insertion position 126, whereby the start is either triggered by the operator, or autonomously decided by the puncture system.
- the acquisition module 108 also acquires position data of the distal end of the cannula 117.
- the acquisition module 108 detects that the distal end of the cannula 117 does not properly hit the blood vessel 102, the entire process of cannula insertion may be aborted and the cannula 117 might be withdrawn. In this way, simultaneous acquisition of blood vessel related data and position data of the distal end of the cannula 117 allows to effectively realize a feedback and security mechanism for the autonomous puncture system.
- a particular advantage stems from the fact that the probe holder 2 accommodates an actuation means 13, cf. Fig. 3, and that the above-mentioned puncture system 100 cooperates with it.
- the actuation means is adapted to operate in response to an output of the puncture system 100, so that the puncture system 100 becomes an automatic blood vessel finder and puncture location finder.
- the puncture system 100 comprises a laser 17 and a projection means 18, the latter comprising a tiltable mirror, to project light onto the puncture location 124. This is helpful for a physician as it visually guides him where to insert a cannula 117 accurately into the patient's body.
- the puncture system comprises a blood vessel identification means which is identical to the acquisition module 108, i.e. the acquisition module 108 is adapted to distinguish whether the blood vessel is an artery 22 or a vein 23.
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