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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2017
Butterfly Network, Inc., Guilford, CT (US);
Jonathan M. Rothberg, Guilford, CT (US);
Susan A. Alie, Stoneham, MA (US);
Nevada J. Sanchez, Guilford, CT (US);
Tyler S. Ralston, Clinton, CT (US);
Christopher Thomas McNulty, Guilford, CT (US);
Jaime Scott Zahorian, Guilford, CT (US);
Paul Francis Cristman, New Haven, CT (US);
Matthew de Jonge, New York, NY (US);
Keith G. Fife, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Butterfly Network, Inc., Guilford, CT (US);
Abstract
A universal ultrasound device having an ultrasound includes a semiconductor die; a plurality of ultrasonic transducers integrated on the semiconductor die, the plurality of ultrasonic transducers configured to operate a first mode associated with a first frequency range and a second mode associated with a second frequency range, wherein the first frequency range is at least partially non-overlapping with the second frequency range; and control circuitry configured to: control the plurality of ultrasonic transducers to generate and/or detect ultrasound signals having frequencies in the first frequency range, in response to receiving an indication to operate the ultrasound probe in the first mode; and control the plurality of ultrasonic transducers to generate and/or detect ultrasound signals having frequencies in the second frequency range, in response to receiving an indication to operate the ultrasound probe in the second mode.