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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Samsung Medison Co., Ltd., Hongcheon-gun, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD., Hongcheon-gun, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/06 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/06 (2013.01); A61B 8/08 (2013.01); A61B 8/461 (2013.01); A61B 8/488 (2013.01); A61B 8/0866 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ultrasound imaging apparatus includes a probe configured to receive ultrasound data from a lung of a fetus; a processor configured to obtain Doppler data based on the ultrasound data, to measure a value about at least one parameter used to estimate lung maturity of the fetus, and to estimate the fetal lung maturity by using the measured value about at least one parameter; and a display configured to display a result of estimated lung maturity.