Wearable ultrasound system and method

US11576650B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• iSono Health, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Shadi Saberi · San Francisco, US
• Maryam Ziaei · San Francisco, US
• Chris Tacklind · Palo Alto, US
• Jeff Schlosser · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 21, 2017
• Grant date: Feb 14, 2023
• Expiry date: Dec 14, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01S15/899
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An ultrasound system including: a scanner module including a housing including a first fastener element, an ultrasound transducer, a rotational actuator, and an electronics module; and a positioner module including a second fastener element; operable between a first mode, wherein the first and second fastener elements cooperatively couple the scanner module to the positioner module, and a second mode, wherein the scanner module and positioner modules are separate. An ultrasound system including: a housing including a handle region and a membrane; an ultrasound transducer; a reservoir; a rotational actuator; and an electronics module.