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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:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2009
Applicants:
Laurent Pelissier, Vancouver, CA;
Bill Zhang, Richmond, CA;
Tomas Bobovsky, Richmond, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ultrasonix Medical Corporation, Richmond, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2013.01); A61B 8/463 (2013.01); A61B 8/465 (2013.01); A61B 8/467 (2013.01); A61B 8/585 (2013.01); G06F 19/321 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ultrasound machine is operated by executing a protocol. Executing the protocol configures the ultrasound machine, controls for operating the ultrasound machine and a display for the ultrasound machine. Protocols may be defined to provide a streamlined configuration of controls for operating the ultrasound machine, and to provide instructions that guide a user's operation of the ultrasound machine.