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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:
Apr. 10, 2001
Filed:
May. 18, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward A. Miller, Everett, WA (US);
Philip V. Jones, Paramus, NJ (US);
Jeffrey W. Burton, Bothell, WA (US);
Assignee:
ATL Ultrasound, Inc., Bothell, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 ;
Abstract
A digital video recorder is provided which provides digital storage of realtime ultrasonic image sequences, replacing the conventional VCR with a recorder which does not degrade digital ultrasound images by analog conversion and recording. The digital video recorder is operated by softkey controls in a displayed toolbar which are familiar to a VCR user. The virtual controls of the toolbar are selected by a video pointing device to stop, start, control replay speed, and skip to various points in a realtime ultrasonic image sequence which was stored by the digital video recorder.