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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:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2006
Applicants:
Chris A. White, Toronto, CA;
James I. Mehi, Thornhill, CA;
Desmond Hirson, Thornhill, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
VisualSonics Inc., Toronto, CA;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for producing an ultrasound image comprises monitoring the subject's respiration cycle or waveform, acquiring ultrasound data from the subject, producing an ultrasound image from the received ultrasound data received during the time when the subject's motion due to breathing had substantially stopped.