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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2019
Applicant:
Butterfly Network, Inc., Guilford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Susan A. Alie, Stoneham, MA (US);
Jaime Scott Zahorian, Guilford, CT (US);
Christopher Thomas McNulty, Guilford, CT (US);
Paul Francis Cristman, New Haven, CT (US);
Assignee:
Butterfly Network, Inc., Guilford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/02 (2006.01); G10K 11/165 (2006.01); G10K 11/168 (2006.01); G10K 11/30 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); B06B 1/02 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/02 (2013.01); A61B 8/00 (2013.01); A61B 8/4444 (2013.01); A61B 8/546 (2013.01); B06B 1/0292 (2013.01); G10K 11/165 (2013.01); G10K 11/168 (2013.01); G10K 11/30 (2013.01); A61B 8/08 (2013.01); A61B 8/4411 (2013.01); A61B 8/4455 (2013.01); A61B 8/4483 (2013.01); A61B 8/488 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosed embodiments relate to a portable ultrasound device. Specifically, the disclosed embodiments relate to an acoustic lens positioned at an ultrasound probe. The acoustic lens may be configured for impedance matching and signal attenuation. In one embodiment, ultrasound signal attenuation is provided by forming an acoustic lens as a solid admixture of signal attenuating particles in a polymer matrix.