Universal ultrasound device and related apparatus and methods

US11311274B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BFLY Operations, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Jonathan M. Rothberg · Paradise, US
• Susan A. Alie · Stoneham, US
• Nevada J. Sanchez · Guilford, US
• Tyler S. Ralston · Clinton, US
• Christopher Thomas McNulty · Guilford, US
• Jaime Scott Zahorian · Guilford, US
• Paul Francis Cristman · Stanford, US
• Matthew de Jonge · Burlington, US
• Keith G. Fife · Palo Alto, US
• David Elgena · Jersey City, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 23, 2017
• Grant date: Apr 26, 2022
• Expiry date: Jun 23, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B06B1/0622
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system comprising a multi-modal ultrasound probe configured to operate in a plurality of operating modes associated with a respective plurality of configuration profiles; and a computing device coupled to the handheld multi-modal ultrasound probe and configured to, in response to receiving input indicating an operating mode selected by a user, cause the multi-modal ultrasound probe to operate in the selected operating mode.