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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2020
Applicant:
Bfly Operations, Inc., Guilford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Leung Kin Chiu, Branford, CT (US);
Karl Thiele, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Nevada J. Sanchez, Guilford, CT (US);
Sheng-Wen Huang, Guilford, CT (US);
Assignee:
BFLY OPERATIONS, INC., Guilford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/14 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/54 (2013.01); A61B 8/4444 (2013.01); A61B 8/4494 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/145 (2013.01); A61B 8/4236 (2013.01);
Abstract
Ultrasound apparatus and methods of processing signals are described. The ultrasound apparatus may include multiple channels. In some embodiments, signal processing techniques are described, which in some embodiments are performed on a per-channel basis. The signal processing techniques may involve using down-conversion and filtering of signals on multiple channels. The down-conversion and filtering may be done prior to beamforming.