Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Universal ultrasound device and related apparatus and methods
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Application No.: US15629666Application Date: 2017-06-21
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Publication No.: US11446001B2Publication Date: 2022-09-20
- Inventor: Jonathan M. Rothberg , Susan A. Alie , Nevada J. Sanchez , Tyler S. Ralston , Christopher Thomas McNulty , Jaime Scott Zahorian , Paul Francis Cristman , Matthew de Jonge , Keith G. Fife
- Applicant: BFLY Operations, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CT Guilford
- Assignee: BFLY Operations, Inc.
- Current Assignee: BFLY Operations, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Guilford
- Agency: Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
- Main IPC: A61B8/00
- IPC: A61B8/00 ; A61B8/12 ; A61B8/14 ; B06B1/02 ; B06B1/06

Abstract:
A universal ultrasound device having an ultrasound probe includes a semiconductor die; a plurality of ultrasonic transducers integrated on the semiconductor die, the plurality of ultrasonic transducers configured to operate a first mode associated with a first frequency range and a second mode associated with a second frequency range, wherein the first frequency range is at least partially non-overlapping with the second frequency range; and control circuitry configured to: control the plurality of ultrasonic transducers to generate and/or detect ultrasound signals having frequencies in the first frequency range, in response to receiving an indication to operate the ultrasound probe in the first mode; and control the plurality of ultrasonic transducers to generate and/or detect ultrasound signals having frequencies in the second frequency range, in response to receiving an indication to operate the ultrasound probe in the second mode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170360413A1 UNIVERSAL ULTRASOUND DEVICE AND RELATED APPARATUS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2017-12-21
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