Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.V.

Hewlett-packard Company

Other

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

Koninklijke Phillips Electronics N.v.

Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.v.

Mckee Dunn Poland

Bernard Joseph Savord

George Anthony Brock-Fisher

Ivan Salgo

Balasundar Iyyavu Raju

Antonia Cornelia Van Rens

Janice Frisa

Patrick G Rafter

Sotir Filipov Ouzounov

Nik Ledoux

Douglas Armand Demers

Jingping Xu

Shougang Wang

Paul Ross Detmer

Anthony M Gades

Mark Ward

Franciscus Hendrikus Van Heesch

William J Ossmann

Nico Maris Adriaan De Wild

Martha Wilson

Shyam Bharat

Karl E Thiele

Michael P Anthony

John Douglas Fraser

Harald Greiner

Shiwei Zhou

David W Rust

Seungsoo Kim

Olivier Gerard

Sean Joseph Kyne

Jonathan Thomas Sutton

Xiang-Ning Li

Marc Godfriedus Marie Notten

Dino Francesco Cuscuna

Raghavendra Srinivasa Naidu

Christopher William Fleming

William Robert Martin

James C Taylor

Richard A Hager

David Chang Garner

Martha Gail Grewe Wilson

Frank Enslin

David Garner

Jodi Lt Perry

Jodi L T Perry

Elaina Mansur

Kevin Appareti

Denise Marie Haley

Balasudar Iyyavu Raju

David Rust

Denise Haley

A system includes a transducer array configured to obtain ultrasound data of a subject; a processor in communication with the transducer array and a therapeutic device configured to deliver a therapy to the subject, wherein the processor is configured to: receive the ultrasound data; identify an anatomical feature of the subject using the ultrasound data; compute a measure associated with the anatomical feature; determine if the measure satisfies a threshold; determine a change in an operating status of the therapeutic device based on if the measure satisfies the threshold; and output, to the therapeutic device, a control signal representative of the change in the operating status. Associated methods, devices, and systems are also provided.

Ultrasound-based closed-loop control of patient therapy

Handheld ultrasound devices with display-retaining designs that allow the processor/display assembly to be removed and/or repositioned are provided. According to one embodiment, a handheld ultrasound scanning device includes a main body housing having a first side and a second side. An ultrasound transducer is coupled to the second side and is configured to obtain ultrasound data. A communication interface is communicatively coupled to the ultrasound transducer and configured to transmit the ultrasound data obtained by the ultrasound transducer to a processor and display assembly. The first side of the main body housing includes a retention feature that is configured to retain the processor and display assembly in contact with the main body housing at a position and orientation relative to the main body housing.

Handheld ultrasound scanner with display retention and associated devices, systems, and methods

An ultrasound system has a set of CMUT transducer devices and drive electronics for operating a selected device of the set. The drive electronics is shared between all devices of the set. Selection is made by using a set of switches (), with a respective switch between a DC bias output () of the drive electronics and an associated input () of each device. This provides a simple way to provide a selection function between the drive electronics and multiple ultrasound devices. In this way, the number of devices may be scale up, to cover a larger area, but without scaling the cost of the system by the same degree.

Capacitive micro-machined ultrasound transducer (CMUT) devices and control methods

An interface unit () for connecting between an ultrasound sensing apparatus () and a patient monitor () for providing ultrasound monitoring functionality of one or more physiological or anatomical parameters based on processing of ultrasound data. The interface unit includes means for processing acquired ultrasound data to derive measurements of one or more physiological or anatomical parameters and is configured for outputting said derived measurements to a coupled patient monitor unit, e.g. for display and/or trending by the patient monitor.

Ultrasound interface unit and method

In an embodiment, a handheld ultrasound scanning device is disclosed. One embodiment of the handheld ultrasound scanning device comprises a housing configured for handheld use, an ultrasound assembly at least partially disposed within the housing and configured obtain ultrasound data, a display unit at least partially disposed within the housing and comprising a display, and a processor disposed within the housing, wherein the processor is in communication with the ultrasound assembly and the display unit. The processor operable to receive a selection of an anatomical structure to be scanned with the ultrasound assembly, receive ultrasound data from the ultrasound assembly, determine whether the received ultrasound data includes data representative of the anatomical structure, and output an indication to the display unit in response to the determining.

Acquisition workflow and status indicators in a handheld medical scanning device

An ultrasound probe has a two dimensional matrix array transducer and a digital microbeamformer. The microbeamformer comprises a plurality of transmitters and amplifiers coupled to elements of the array transducer, a plurality of low power analog to digital converters and digital beamforming circuitry coupled to the amplifiers, a microbeamformer controller, a power supply and a USB controller which cumulatively consume three watts or less.

2D array ultrasound probe with 3 watt digital microbeamformer

In an embodiment, an ultrasound scanning device is disclosed. One embodiment of the ultrasound scanning device comprises a housing configured for handheld use, an ultrasound assembly at least partially disposed within the housing and configured obtain ultrasound data, and a display coupled to the housing. The ultrasound scanning device further comprises a processor disposed within the housing, wherein the processor is in communication with the ultrasound assembly and the display. The processor is operable to receive a selection of a scanning procedure to be completed using the ultrasound assembly, receive ultrasound data from the ultrasound assembly, and filter the received ultrasound data, based on the scanning procedure, to segregate ultrasound data relevant to the scanning procedure from ultrasound data irrelevant to the scanning procedure, store the relevant ultrasound data, discard the irrelevant ultrasound data, and output a graphical representation associated with the relevant ultrasound data to the display.

Automatic image vetting on a handheld medical scanning device

In an embodiment, a medical device is disclosed. The medical (imaging) device comprises a housing configured for handheld use, a transducer array, a display coupled to the housing, a plurality of sensors distributed about a periphery of the housing and configured to detect when a hand of an operator is positioned around the housing, and a computing device disposed within the housing, wherein the computing device is in communication with the transducer array, the display, and the sensors. The computing device is operable to: monitor the sensors, determine whether a reading from a first sensor at a first edge of the periphery of the housing exceeds a threshold, set the first edge as a primary edge based at least in part on the reading from the first sensor, and orient the display such that the primary edge is at the bottom of the display.

Ergonomic display and activation in handheld medical ultrasound imaging device

The present disclosure describes an ultrasound imaging system configured to identify a target placement of an ultrasound probe for viewing a lung pleural line. In some examples, the system may include an ultrasound probe configured to receive ultrasound echoes from a subject to image a region of the subject and a data processor in communication with the ultrasound probe. The data processor may be configured to identify one or more candidate pleural lines and one or more A-lines corresponding to the candidate pleural lines, compute an A-line intensity of at least one of the A-lines, and apply the computed A-line intensity to indicate a target placement of the ultrasound probe for imaging the region for pleural line identification. The system may also include a user interface in communication with the data processor. The user interface may be configured to alert the user of the target placement of the ultrasound probe.

Target probe placement for lung ultrasound

An ultrasound probe contains an array transducer and a microbeamformer coupled to elements of the array. The microbeamformer comprises analog to digital converters and digital beamforming circuitry for at least thirty-two digital channels in the microbeamformer. Preferably the analog to digital converters are low power ADCs for reduced power consumption in the probe. Integrated circuits of thirty-two channels can be cascaded to produce 64-channel and 128-channel digital microbeamformers for an ultrasound array probe.

Ultrasound probe with thirty-two channel digital microbeamformer

Ultrasound image devices, systems, and methods are provided. In one embodiment, an ultrasound device includes a first ultrasound component () configured to generate a first signal representative of a subject's anatomy along a first axis; a second ultrasound component () configured to generate a second signal representative of the subject's anatomy along a second axis, the first axis disposed at an angle with respect to the second axis; and a processing component () in communication with the first ultrasound component and the second ultrasound component, the processing component configured to determine an orientation of the ultrasound device with respect to the subject's anatomy based on the first signal and the second signal. In one embodiment, the processing component is further configured to indicate, via visual indicators () on the ultrasound device, a direction to orient the ultrasound device based on the determined orientation for aligning the ultrasound device with the subject's anatomy.

Ultrasound vascular navigation devices and methods

The present disclosure describes an ultrasound imaging system configured to identify a scan line pattern for imaging an object or feature thereof. The system may include a controller that controls a probe for imaging a volume of a subject by transmitting and receiving ultrasound signals in accordance with a plurality of scan line patterns. One or more processors communicating with the probe may generate a plurality of image data sets based on the signals received at the probe, each data set corresponding to a discrete scan line pattern. These data sets are assessed for a target characteristic specific to the object targeted for imaging. One the data set that includes the target characteristic is identified, the one or more processors select the scan line pattern that corresponds the identified image data set. This scan line pattern may then be used for subsequent imaging of the volume to view the object.

Optimal scan plane selection for organ viewing

An ultrasound probe contains an array transducer and a microbeamformer coupled to elements of the array. The microbeamformer comprises one or more analog ASICs containing transmitters and amplifiers coupled to transducer elements, and one or more digital ASICs containing analog to digital converters and digital beamforming circuitry. The analog ASICs and the digital ASICs are manufactured by different integrated circuitprocesses, with that of the analog ASIC optimized for high voltage analog operation and that of the digital ASICs optimized for high density, low voltage digital circuitry.

Ultrasound probe with digital microbeamformer having integrated circuits fabricated with different manufacturing processes

A method for determining a projected track of an object () includes measuring movement from frame to frame of a detected object point in a field of view by periodic comparison of positions, extrapolating a locus of periodically detected object points, and qualifying the locus by calculating and applying a threshold to the linearity in a sequence of positions and a threshold to consistency in strength. The method further produces the plurality of ultrasound images by including thereon a rendering of a plurality of lines () as a path track indicator () on one or more ultrasound images () and displaying the projected track of the object when a user moves the tracked object a minimum distance in a region of interest () of a subject (). The method also includes utilizing a motion sensor () with a probe () to suppress calculation and display of the projected track.

Path tracking in ultrasound system for device tracking

Ultrasound image devices, systems, and methods are provided. In one embodiment, an ultrasound imaging system includes an ultrasound imaging probe configured to acquire image data associated with an object at an acquisition data rate; and a communication interface in communication with the ultrasound imaging probe and configured to transmit a first subset of the image data in real time based on the acquisition data rate; and transmit a second subset of the image data at a delayed time. In one embodiment, a method of ultrasound imaging includes acquiring, by an ultrasound imaging probe, image data associated with an object at an acquisition data rate; transmitting, to a host via a communication link, a first subset of the image data in real time based on the acquisition data rate; and transmitting, to the host via the communication link, a second subset of the image data at a delayed time.

Three-dimensional ultrasound imaging with slow acquisition data link and associated devices, systems, and methods

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