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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6416478 | Extended bandwidth ultrasonic transducer and method An ultrasound transducer that allows transmission of pressure waves at a first frequency and reception of pressure waves at a second frequency. Each transducer element is formed by multiple layers of transducer material. A transceiver provides an excitati... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6358204 | Ultrasonic system and method for storing data An apparatus and method for processing ultrasound data is provided. The apparatus includes an interface operatively connected to a memory, a programmable single instruction multiple data processor (or two symmetric processors), a source of acoustic data (... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6352511 | Medical diagnostic ultrasound system and method for post processing Ultrasound data is generated by a receive beamformer. Ultrasound image processing is applied to the ultrasound data for presentation of an image. Various ones of the ultrasound image processing steps may be reversed. For example, persistence processing ma... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6329913 | Passenger detection system and method A passenger detection system is provided. The passenger detection system utilizes an oscillation circuit that causes an antenna electrode to emit an electric field that is disrupted by the electrical characteristics of an object placed on the seat. This d... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6329914 | Thickness measurement system and method for vehicle occupant detection A passenger detection system is provided. The passenger detection system utilizes an oscillation circuit that causes an antenna electrode to emit an electric field that is disrupted by the electrical characteristics of an object placed on the seat. This d... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6322505 | Medical diagnostic ultrasound system and method for post processing Ultrasound data is generated by a receive beamformer. Ultrasound image processing is applied to the ultrasound data for presentation of an image. Various ones of the ultrasound image processing steps may be reversed. For example, persistence processing ma... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6322512 | Ultrasound contrast imaging The invention provides a non-invasive method and apparatus for improved ultrasonic imaging and for measurement of ambient pressure, temperature or gas concentration using non-invasive ultrasound contrast imaging techniques.... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6309357 | Medical diagnostic ultrasound system and method for improved flow or movement detection with multiple clutter filters A method and system for flow or movement detection is provided. More than one clutter filter is used. Each clutter filter's magnitude versus frequency response is optimized differently. Estimates of the flow or movement are generated from the data output ... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6306093 | Method and system for ultrasound enhanced-resolution spectral Doppler A method and system for generating data for a spectral Doppler strip in an ultrasound system includes a beamformer that provides Doppler data to a signal processor. The signal processor applies an autoregressive model and determines autoregressive paramet... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6293914 | Ultrasonic system and method for measurement of fluid flow A system and methods for measuring the volume flow of fluid in an enclosed structure with an ultrasound system is provided. Manual designation of flow angles and areas may not be necessary. Velocities along two or more different scan lines in a first scan... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6290647 | Contrast agent imaging with subharmonic and harmonic signals in diagnostic medical ultrasound The invention is directed to improvement in diagnostic medical ultrasound contrast agent imaging. Subharmonic and harmonic imaging are combined by generating a subharmonic frequency intensity value, generating a harmonic frequency intensity value, and gen... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6287258 | Method and apparatus for medical ultrasound flash suppression An ultrasonic imaging system that reduces image flashes by selectively replacing imaging parameters with corresponding imaging parameters from prior time sequences. Imaging parameters include filtered energy, unfiltered energy, variance, acceleration, vel... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6193664 | Method and apparatus for ultrasound image quantification A method and apparatus for quantifying and displaying ultrasound signals in an ultrasonic system are provided. A first signal value for each of at least one spatial location in a region of interest is acquired at a first time, and the signal values are su... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6186479 | Framework removal tool method A framework removal tool method is provided. The tool comprises a first side of a stake contact element including first and second notches with first and second dimensions, respectively. A lever arm connects to the stake contact element. One of the first ... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6179781 | Medical diagnostic ultrasound method and apparatus for improving doppler processing A method and system for Doppler processing of information at two or more different frequency bands for improved accuracy is provided. Signals from two or more unique frequency bands are processed separately to detect motion. Using signals at different fre... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6174287 | Medical diagnostic ultrasound system and method for continuous M-mode imaging and periodic imaging of contrast agents A method and system for imaging contrast agent within human or animal tissue, organs and/or blood is provided. Contrast agents, such as perfluorocarbon gas-filled albumin microbubbles which exhibit momentary contrast enhancement when exposed to high inten... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6172489 | Voltage control system and method An AC voltage reduction system and method providing highly efficient reduction of utility voltage with minimal electromagnetic interference is provided. The systems and methods may also be used to improve overall facility power factor. The AC voltage prov... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6168565 | Medical diagnostic ultrasound system and method for simultaneous phase correction of two frequency band signal components A medical diagnostic ultrasound method and system for simultaneous phase correction of signal components at two frequency bands is provided. Simultaneous phase correction is performed, in part, during transmission of ultrasound waveforms and, in part, dur... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6161070 | Passenger detection system A passenger detection system including a single antenna electrode mounted on a surface of a passenger seat in an automobile. An oscillator generates an AC current having a predetermined voltage amplitude that is transmitted to the antenna electrode to pro... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6159152 | Medical diagnostic ultrasound system and method for multiple image registration A method and system for registration of multiple ultrasound images or frames of data are provided. The images are registered as a function of relative movement of the transducer. A feature or feature pattern, such as one or more structural edges, are iden... | 12/12/2000 |
| 5971923 | Ultrasound system and method for interfacing with peripherals An apparatus and method for processing ultrasound data is provided. The apparatus includes an interface operatively connected to a memory, a programmable single instruction multiple data processor (or two symmetric processors), a source of acoustic data (... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5971928 | Diagnostic medical ultrasonic system and method for image subtraction A patient is first injected with a contrast agent. A complete scan along a plurality of scan lines is then performed, resulting in the destruction of some contrast agent. While some of the contrast agent is destroyed, non-scanned portions of the target, a... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5967987 | Ultrasonic system and method for measurement of fluid flow In an ultrasound system and method, a transducer connects to an estimator for obtaining first and second blood flow parameters associated with first and second scan line directions, respectively, in a first scan plane. One beam substantially covering a cr... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5928151 | Ultrasonic system and method for harmonic imaging in three dimensions An ultrasound method and system are provided for producing three dimensional images. During an imaging session, a transducer, in response to a transmit beamformer, transmits ultrasonic energy at a first frequency band into a subject. The subject may be ke... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5924991 | Ultrasonic system and method for harmonic imaging in three dimensions An ultrasound method and system are provided for producing three dimensional images. During an imaging session, a transducer, in response to a transmit beamformer, transmits ultrasonic energy at a first frequency band into a subject. The subject may be ke... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5868676 | Interactive doppler processor and method A method for interactively detecting a maximum velocity from acquired echo signals in an ultrasound system is provided. A processor with maximum velocity code is provided. The code has a variable. A user input provides a value for the variable while the u... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5862748 | Manual refuse compactor A compactor comprises a body having a connector side and a compacting side. A lip extends from the compacting side. The lip forms and at least partially surrounds a cavity on the compacting side. Finally, a connector is provided on the connector side. A h... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5857408 | Manual refuse compactor A compactor is provided and comprises a body having a connector side and a compacting side. A lip extends from the compacting side. The lip forms and at least partially surrounds a cavity on the compacting side. Finally, a connector is provided on the con... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5855358 | Framework removal tool A framework removal tool is provided. The tool comprises a first side of a stake contact element including first and second notches with first and second dimensions, respectively. A lever arm connects to the stake contact element. One of the first or seco... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5833614 | Ultrasonic imaging method and apparatus for generating pulse width modulated waveforms with reduced harmonic response An improvement to the method for harmonic imaging including the steps of (a) transmitting ultrasonic energy at a fundamental frequency and (b) receiving reflected ultrasonic energy at a harmonic of the fundamental frequency is provided. The transmitting s... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5556116 | Adjustable riding toy with interchangeable back ends Adjustable riding toys are provided in both bicycle and tricycle forms. The bicycle and tricycle each have the same front end with only differing back ends. Each back end connects to the front end. One back end has two wheels, while the other back end has... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5553878 | Adjustable riding toy with wave ride wheel Adjustable riding toys are provided in both bicycle and tricycle forms. The tricycle and bicycle have at least one wave ride wheel allowing a rider to change between a smooth ride and an up and down ride. Both rear wheels on the tricycle are provided with... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5553879 | Adjustable riding toy with an adjustable axle height connection Adjustable riding toys are provided in both bicycle and tricycle forms. The bicycle and tricycle each have an adjustable height axle connection. Multiple axle apertures are provided on mounting arms for adjustably receiving an axle. Methods of adjusting t... | 09/10/1996 |
