公开(公告)号：US11670077B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-06

申请号：US17093616

申请日：2020-11-09

Applicant: Butterfly Network, Inc.

Inventor： Tomer Gafner ,  Matthew de Jonge ,  Robert Schneider ,  David Elgena ,  Alex Rothberg ,  Jonathan M. Rothberg ,  Michal Sofka ,  Karl Thiele ,  Abraham Neben

IPC: G06V10/82 ,  A61B8/06 ,  A61B8/02 ,  G06T7/70 ,  G06T11/60 ,  A61B8/08 ,  G06V10/44 ,  G06V40/60 ,  G06F18/2413 ,  G06V30/19 ,  G06V30/194 ,  A61B8/00 ,  G06T19/00 ,  G06T7/00 ,  A61B90/00 ,  A61B34/20

CPC classification number: G06V10/82 ,  A61B8/02 ,  A61B8/06 ,  A61B8/065 ,  A61B8/085 ,  A61B8/4427 ,  A61B8/46 ,  A61B8/52 ,  A61B8/5207 ,  A61B8/5223 ,  G06F18/24133 ,  G06T7/0012 ,  G06T7/0014 ,  G06T7/70 ,  G06T11/60 ,  G06T19/006 ,  G06V10/454 ,  G06V30/194 ,  G06V30/19173 ,  G06V40/67 ,  A61B8/0833 ,  A61B8/0883 ,  A61B8/4263 ,  A61B8/463 ,  A61B8/5215 ,  A61B2034/2065 ,  A61B2090/365 ,  A61B2090/378 ,  A61B2090/3937 ,  G06T2207/10132 ,  G06T2207/20081 ,  G06T2207/20084 ,  G06T2207/20221 ,  G06T2207/30048 ,  G06T2207/30061 ,  G06T2210/41 ,  G06V2201/03

Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to techniques for guiding an operator to use an ultrasound device. Thereby, operators with little or no experience operating ultrasound devices may capture medically relevant ultrasound images and/or interpret the contents of the obtained ultrasound images. For example, some of the techniques disclosed herein may be used to identify a particular anatomical view of a subject to image with an ultrasound device, guide an operator of the ultrasound device to capture an ultrasound image of the subject that contains the particular anatomical view, and/or analyze the captured ultrasound image to identify medical information about the subject.

公开(公告)号：US10980511B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-20

申请号：US15421854

申请日：2017-02-01

Applicant: Butterfly Network, Inc.

Inventor： Jonathan M. Rothberg ,  Keith G. Fife ,  Nevada J. Sanchez ,  Tyler S. Ralston ,  Gregory L. Charvat ,  Gregory Corteville

IPC: A61B8/14 ,  A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/13 ,  A61B8/08 ,  G03B27/42 ,  G03B27/52 ,  B06B1/02 ,  G01S7/00 ,  G01S7/52 ,  G01S15/89 ,  A61N7/02 ,  A61N7/00

Abstract: Ultrasound devices and methods are described, including a repeatable ultrasound transducer probe having ultrasonic transducers and corresponding circuitry. The repeatable ultrasound transducer probe may be used individually or coupled with other instances of the repeatable ultrasound transducer probe to create a desired ultrasound device. The ultrasound devices may optionally be connected to various types of external devices to provide additional processing and image rendering functionality.

公开(公告)号：US20210052249A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-25

申请号：US17093616

申请日：2020-11-09

Applicant: Butterfly Network, Inc.

Inventor： Tomer Gafner ,  Matthew de Jonge ,  Robert Schneider ,  David Elgena ,  Alex Rothberg ,  Jonathan M. Rothberg ,  Michal Sofka ,  Karl Thiele ,  Abraham Neben

IPC: A61B8/00 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06K9/62 ,  G06K9/46 ,  A61B8/08 ,  A61B8/06 ,  G06T7/70 ,  G06T19/00 ,  A61B8/02 ,  G06T7/00 ,  G06T11/60 ,  G06K9/66

Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to techniques for guiding an operator to use an ultrasound device. Thereby, operators with little or no experience operating ultrasound devices may capture medically relevant ultrasound images and/or interpret the contents of the obtained ultrasound images. For example, some of the techniques disclosed herein may be used to identify a particular anatomical view of a subject to image with an ultrasound device, guide an operator of the ultrasound device to capture an ultrasound image of the subject that contains the particular anatomical view, and/or analyze the captured ultrasound image to identify medical information about the subject.

公开(公告)号：US10856840B2

公开(公告)日：2020-12-08

申请号：US15415434

申请日：2017-01-25

Applicant: Butterfly Network, Inc.

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

IPC: A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/14 ,  A61B8/12 ,  B06B1/02 ,  B06B1/06

Abstract: A universal ultrasound device having an ultrasound 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.

公开(公告)号：US20190324132A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-24

申请号：US16459293

申请日：2019-07-01

Applicant: Butterfly Network, Inc.

Inventor： Jonathan M. Rothberg ,  Tyler S. Ralston ,  Nevada J. Sanchez ,  Andrew J. Casper

IPC: G01S7/52 ,  B06B1/02 ,  G10K11/34 ,  B06B1/06 ,  H03K5/13

Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to ultrasound device circuitry as may form part of a single substrate ultrasound device having integrated ultrasonic transducers. The ultrasound device circuitry may facilitate the generation of ultrasound waveforms in a manner that is power- and data-efficient.

公开(公告)号：US20190266716A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-29

申请号：US16405996

申请日：2019-05-07

Applicant: Butterfly Network, Inc.

Inventor： Alex Rothberg ,  Igor Lovchinsky ,  Jimmy Jia ,  Tomer Gafner ,  Matthew de Jonge ,  Jonathan M. Rothberg

IPC: G06T7/00

Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to techniques for calculating, during imaging, a quality of a sequence of images collected during the imaging. Calculating the quality of the sequence of images may include calculating a probability that a medical professional would use a given image for clinical evaluation and a confidence that an automated analysis segmentation performed on the given image is correct. Techniques described herein also include receiving a trigger to perform an automatic measurement on a sequence of images, calculating a quality of the sequence of images, determining whether the quality of the sequence of images exceeds a threshold quality, and performing the automatic measurement on the sequence of images based on determining that the quality of the sequence of images exceeds the threshold quality.

公开(公告)号：US20190210869A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-11

申请号：US16290188

申请日：2019-03-01

Applicant: Butterfly Network, Inc.

Inventor： Jonathan M. Rothberg ,  Keith G. Fife ,  Tyler S. Ralston ,  Gregory L. Charvat ,  Nevada J. Sanchez

IPC: B81C1/00 ,  B06B1/02 ,  B81B7/00 ,  G01N29/24 ,  H01L29/84 ,  H04R19/00

Abstract: Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) ultrasonic transducers (CUTs) and methods for forming CUTs are described. The CUTs may include monolithically integrated ultrasonic transducers and integrated circuits for operating in connection with the transducers. The CUTs may be used in ultrasound devices such as ultrasound imaging devices and/or high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) devices.

公开(公告)号：US10228353B2

公开(公告)日：2019-03-12

申请号：US15648187

申请日：2017-07-12

Applicant: Butterfly Network, Inc.

Inventor： Jonathan M. Rothberg ,  Susan A. Alie ,  Keith G. Fife ,  Nevada J. Sanchez ,  Tyler S. Ralston

IPC: G01N29/24 ,  B81C1/00 ,  B06B1/02 ,  A61B8/00 ,  B81B7/00

Abstract: Micromachined ultrasonic transducers integrated with complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) substrates are described, as well as methods of fabricating such devices. Fabrication may involve two separate wafer bonding steps. Wafer bonding may be used to fabricate sealed cavities in a substrate. Wafer bonding may also be used to bond the substrate to another substrate, such as a CMOS wafer. At least the second wafer bonding may be performed at a low temperature.

公开(公告)号：US20180243792A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-30

申请号：US15905289

申请日：2018-02-26

Applicant: Butterfly Network, Inc.

Inventor： Jonathan M. Rothberg ,  Keith G. Fife ,  Susan A. Alie ,  Joseph Lutsky ,  David Grosjean

IPC: B06B1/02 ,  B81B3/00 ,  B81C1/00 ,  G01N29/24

CPC classification number: B06B1/0292 ,  B81B3/0086 ,  B81C1/00698 ,  B81C2201/0173 ,  B81C2201/115 ,  B81C2203/038 ,  G01N29/2406

Abstract: Processes for fabricating capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers (CMUTs) are described, as are CMUTs of various doping configurations. An insulating layer separating conductive layers of a CMUT may be formed by forming the layer on a lightly doped epitaxial semiconductor layer. Dopants may be diffused from a semiconductor substrate into the epitaxial semiconductor layer, without diffusing into the insulating layer. CMUTs with different configurations of N-type and P-type doping are also described.

公开(公告)号：US20180186628A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-05

申请号：US15910776

申请日：2018-03-02

Applicant: Butterfly Network, Inc.

Inventor： Jonathan M. Rothberg ,  Keith G. Fife ,  Tyler S. Ralston ,  Gregory L. Charvat ,  Nevada J. Sanchez

IPC: B81C1/00 ,  B06B1/02 ,  B81B7/00 ,  G01N29/24 ,  H04R19/00 ,  H01L29/84

CPC classification number: B81C1/00301 ,  B06B1/02 ,  B06B1/0292 ,  B81B7/007 ,  B81C1/00134 ,  B81C1/00158 ,  B81C1/00246 ,  B81C2201/0195 ,  B81C2203/0735 ,  B81C2203/0771 ,  G01N29/2406 ,  H01L29/84 ,  H04R19/005

Abstract: Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) ultrasonic transducers (CUTs) and methods for forming CUTs are described. The CUTs may include monolithically integrated ultrasonic transducers and integrated circuits for operating in connection with the transducers. The CUTs may be used in ultrasound devices such as ultrasound imaging devices and/or high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) devices.