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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 15, 2017
Applicant:

Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., Tucson, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Daniel Bauer, Tucson, AZ (US);

Michael Otter, Tucson, AZ (US);

Benjamin Stevens, Oro Valley, AZ (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/48 (2006.01); G01N 33/50 (2006.01); G01N 29/024 (2006.01); G01N 29/07 (2006.01); G01N 29/44 (2006.01); G01N 1/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/024 (2013.01); G01N 29/07 (2013.01); G01N 29/4418 (2013.01); G01N 1/30 (2013.01); G01N 2291/012 (2013.01); G01N 2291/02475 (2013.01);
Abstract

The subject disclosure presents systems and computer-implemented methods for determining an acoustic time-of-flight (TOF) of sound waves through a sample material with greater accuracy and in a more repeatable fashion, by invoking one or more of an envelope generation for an error function, fitting a non-linear curve to an ultrasound frequency sweep, or performing a clustered piece-wise linear regression on individual linear parts of the ultrasonic frequency sweep. The systems and methods are useful for, among other things, monitoring diffusion of fluids through porous materials, such as tissue samples.


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