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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:
Jan. 20, 2026

Filed:

Sep. 29, 2023
Applicant:

Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc., Bothell, WA (US);

Inventors:

Christopher White, Vancouver, CA;

Stephen Buttars, Toronto, CA;

Melissa Yin, Richmond Hill, CA;

Assignee:

FUJIFILM SonoSite, Inc., Bothell, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/352 (2021.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/488 (2013.01); A61B 5/352 (2021.01); A61B 8/0883 (2013.01); A61B 8/461 (2013.01); A61B 8/5223 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for simultaneous acquisition of pulsed-wave Doppler and color Doppler for retrospective analysis of cardiovascular function are disclosed. In aspects, imaging techniques are used for acquisition of raw partly processed ultrasound data. The ultrasound data is stored in its raw form, synchronized with a simultaneously acquired physiological signal. The stored ultrasound data can then be accessed and processed according to pulsed-wave Doppler and color Doppler imaging techniques to provide both a full frame, or sequence of frames of color Doppler images and a post-acquisition pulsed-wave Doppler signal of a sample volume at one or more locations within the acquisition area using the color Doppler image. Such locations can be selected automatically or by a user, and a pulsed-wave spectrum for the selected location is displayed. As the user moves the sample volume around, the pulsed-wave spectral data is recomputed and redisplayed.


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