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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177718 | Linear array ultrasound transducer with variable patch boundaries An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system has a two dimensional array arranged in multiple patches of multiple transducer elements. Each patch of transducer elements is coupled to a group of microbeamformer delay lines having outputs which can be coupled to a selected... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172756 | Ultrasonic imaging system and method The present invention relates to an ultrasonic imaging system for evaluating and displaying a deformation of a body organ. A sequence of image data sets comprising at least a first image data set and a second image data set of echographic data is acquired. A motion ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170639 | Case for defibrillator electrode pads and release liner A case for defibrillator electrode pads on a release liner is described which protects the pads prior to use and retains them in either an electrically connected or electrically disconnected configuration. When the case is closed, spring contacts on opposite sides o... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169125 | Transducer arrays for medical ultrasound and method of making the same An ultrasound transducer (40,70,100) comprises a combined individual die integrated circuit (42,72,102) and an array of acoustic elements (44,74,104) coupled to the combined individual die integrated circuit via an array of flip-chip bumps (4... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8145300 | Simplified biphasic defibrillator circuit with make-only switching A biphasic pulse delivery circuit for a defibrillator includes two capacitors, a first one of which is charged and delivers the first phase of the biphasic pulse and a second one of which is charged and delivers the second phase of the biphasic pulse. At least a por... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144956 | Ultrasonic diagnosis by quantification of myocardial performance An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system is described which acquires 3D data sets of the heart including the myocardium. The epicardial and endocardial surfaces of the myocardium in the data sets are identified by automated or semi-automated border detection. A 3D im... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8137276 | Method and apparatus for guidance and application of high intensity focused ultrasound for control of bleeding due to severed limbs An ultrasonic diagnostic and therapy system is described for stopping the bleeding of severely damaged bloodvessels or vessels severed in a limb amputation. A cuff (30) is attached to the stump of the severed limb which contains a diagnostic transducer array ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8137272 | Ultrasonic synthetic transmit focusing with a multiline beamformer An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system produces an image with an extended focal range by transmitting a plurality of beams spaced along an array for multiline reception. The receive multilines of a plurality of transmit beams are spatially aligned and are combined ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8125319 | Apparatus and method for return notification for stand-alone equipment The apparatus and method of the present invention provide an automatic notification 105 produced by a standalone equipment 100 to indicate that the equipment 100 is due to be returned to an issuing organization or individual. Only the issuing or... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8096947 | Quantification and display of cardiac chamber wall thickening An ultrasonic imaging system and method are described for quantification and display of myocardial wall thickening. The endocardial and epicardial borders in an image sequence are defined over a heart cycle and changes in the distance between the borders are tracked... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8086306 | OTC automatic external defibrillator with quick install battery An automatic external defibrillator is shipped from the manufacturer with the battery installed in the battery compartment of the AED. During shipment a removable tab is located between a battery terminal and an electrical contact inside the battery compartment. Upo... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8086300 | ECG electrode contact quality measurement system A system and method are provided for generating output signals indicative of contact quality of a plurality of electrodes coupled to a patient. A signal generator coupled to a reference electrode injects an alternating signal into the patient. A plurality of differe... | 12/27/2011 |
| RE43050 | Medical electrode and release liner configurations facilitating packaged electrode characterization An electrode includes a conductive adhesive layer and a conductive foil layer having a void therein. One such electrode may be mounted in conjunction with another electrode upon a release liner having one or more openings therein to facilitate electrical signal exch... | 12/27/2011 |
| RE43048 | Ultrasonic diagnostic imaging with harmonic contrast agents Apparatus and methods are disclosed for the detection and imaging of ultrasonic harmonic contrast agents. The harmonic echo effect is detected through alternate polarity acquisition of harmonic contrast agent effects, which provides the benefits of suppressing the h... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8038618 | Ultrasound-imaging systems and methods for a user-guided three-dimensional volume-scan sequence An ultrasound-imaging system and method is provided that permits an operator to acquire an image of a volume-of-interest in a time critical fashion, that is capable of referencing the volume rendering to a standard two-dimensional imaging mode, and permits the opera... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8030824 | Wide bandwidth matrix transducer with polyethylene third matching layer A third matching layer (140) affording wide bandwidth for an ultrasound matrix probe is made of polyethylene, and may extend downwardly to surround the array (S360) and attach to the housing to seal the array (S370). ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7927280 | Curved 2-D array ultrasound transducer and method for volumetric imaging An ultrasound imaging system includes an imaging probe having an array of transducer elements that is flat and relatively elongated in the azimuth direction and is curved outwardly in the elevation direction. As a result, when the transducer elements are scanned in ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7907758 | Method and system for maintaining consistent anatomic views in displayed image data The present invention relates to an ultrasound diagnostic imaging system and method, wherein volumentric data in respect of an anatomical region of interest is acquired throughout a physiological cycle in relation thereto, a 3D view of the volumetric data is built, ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7899529 | Apparatus and method for packaging a capacitor An electronic device includes a housing (20) having a first interior region (26) and a second interior region (28). The second interior region (28) is sized to receive an electronic interface (18). The device also includes a wound ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7848805 | Modular medical device, base unit and module thereof, and automated external defibrillator (AED), methods for assembling and using the AED A modular automated external defibrillator (AED) system includes a base unit and at least one interconnected module. The base unit typically includes a functional circuit and includes an interface that couples the functional circuit to the module. Likewise, the modu... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7865238 | High-voltage module for an external defibrillator A defibrillator includes a module having a portion of the high-voltage components of the defibrillator attached to a substrate and encased in a dielectric material. In one embodiment the defibrillating shock is delivered by a high voltage H-bridge circuit which util... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7860565 | Defibrillator having a switched mode power supply for transcutaneous pacing A defibrillator for providing both defibrillating energy and pacing energy to a patient is described. In delivering the defibrillating energy, electrical energy is stored by a charge capacitor and the stored energy is then coupled to the patient to provide a defibri... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7860558 | ECG lead misplacement detection and correction A physiological parameter analysis system (10) detects ECG electrode wire misplacement. The system (10) includes a transformation component (32) that transforms original ECG information and combinations thereof from a first ECG lead system to a ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7859941 | Transmit apodization control for microbeamformers Apodization control techniques for a microbeamformer including a plurality of microbeamformer channels each including a transducer, a microbeamformer transmitter for driving the transducer, a microbeamformer receiver for receiving signals from the transducer and usu... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7859170 | Wide-bandwidth matrix transducer with polyethylene third matching layer A third matching layer (140) affording wide bandwidth for an ultrasound matrix probe is made of polyethylene, and may extend downwardly to surround the array (S360) and attach to the housing to seal the array (S370). ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7822488 | Self-storing medical electrodes The present invention provides a self-storing medical electrode (10) that does not require packaging, enclosures, or other means to house and to protect various electrode components. According to one aspect, the invention provides an electrode comprising an e... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7821180 | Curved two-dimensional array transducer A curved two-dimensional array transducer includes a layer of piezoelectric material overlaying a layer of ASICs which is attached to a backing wing. The piezoelectric material is diced in orthogonal azimuth and elevation directions to form a two-dimensional array o... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7815572 | Flow spectrograms synthesized from ultrasonic flow color doppler information An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system and method are described by which a user can delineate a region of interest (122, 128) in a colorflow Doppler image. The ultrasound system processes the Doppler pixel information of the region of interest (122, 128 | 10/19/2010 |
| 7796789 | Guidance of invasive medical devices by three dimensional ultrasonic imaging A three dimensional ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system is operated to guide or observe the operation of an invasive medical device (30) in three dimensions. An interventional system (20) is used to operate the invasive medical device (30) and ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7795784 | Redistribution interconnect for microbeamforming(s) and a medical ultrasound system An ultrasound transducer includes one or more microbeamformer integrated circuit chips, an array of acoustic elements, and a redistribution interconnect coupled via conductive elements between the one or more integrated circuit chips and the array of acoustic elemen... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7794398 | Real-time volumetric bi-plane ultrasound imaging and quantification Quantified measures of a volumetric object in the body can be made ultrasonically by acquiring concurrent biplane images of two different image planes of the object. Corresponding borders of the volumetric object are traced using automatic border detection. The bord... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7783357 | Dual battery arrangement for an automated external defibrillator A defibrillator, equipped with a battery power source, is described which is arranged to operate in any one of both a first mode and a second mode, the battery power source comprising at least two voltage sources. The voltage sources are arranged to be connected in ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7753850 | Method for ultrasound perfusion imaging An ultrasound imaging system transmits a broad beam of ultrasound into tissues that are perfused with blood containing microbubbles. The ultrasound has an intensity that is sufficient to destroy the microbubbles in the tissues. A plurality of ultrasound imaging beam... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7715913 | External defibrillator with training mode and method of use A method and apparatus for training a user to operate an external defibrillator, usable in a therapy or training mode, which includes an energy source; an electrode interface responsive to an electrode arrangeable on a release liner and configured for placement on a... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7706876 | Internal defibrillator operable with one hand A single-handle cordless internal defibrillator includes a pair of paddles, and a pair of electrodes that are respectively connected to a first-end portion of the pair of paddles. The pair of paddles has a second-end portion in communication with a single-handle, wi... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7689278 | Identification system for defibrillator electrode package An automatic external defibrillator electrode package includes a coded conductive label that uniquely identifies the type of automatic electrode contained therein. Pins on the defibrillator body make electrical contact with the conductive label when the package is a... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7653435 | External defibrillator with multiple language prompting A multilingual defibrillator is capable of concurrently providing audible prompts for the operation of the defibrillator in multiple languages. The defibrillator includes a memory for storing data files representative of audible prompts in a plurality of languages. ... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7645237 | Colorflow biplane ultrasonic imaging system and method An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system is described in which two planes of a volumetric region which are in different elevation planes are scanned in real time. In one embodiment the two planes are scanned with less than the maximum number of scanlines which the tr... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7578791 | Automated myocardial contrast echocardiography A myocardial contrast echo exam is performed by the use of a two dimensional array transducer probe. The probe is held against a selected acoustic window of the body and first and second image planes through the heart are imaged and the plane orientations stored. Se... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7537567 | Ultrasonic spatial compounding with multiple simultaneous beam transmission An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system and method are described in which spatially compounded images are produced by transmitting ultrasound beams in different directions during a common transmit-receive interval. Echoes are received from the different beam directi... | 05/26/2009 |
