Automated image acquisition for assisting a user to operate an ultrasound device

US10993697B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Butterfly Network, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Daniel Nouri · Burlington, US
• Alex Rothberg · New York, US
• Jonathan M. Rothberg · Paradise, US
• Matthew de Jonge · Burlington, US
• Jimmy Jia · Burlington, US
• Michal Sofka · Princeton, US
• Abraham Neben · Guilford, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 19, 2017
• Grant date: May 4, 2021
• Expiry date: Jan 18, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06V2201/03
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

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.