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System and method for utilizing a single ultrasound imaging device to simultaneously measure a maternal heart rate and fetal heart rates of multiple fetuses

US12070352B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

GE Precision Healthcare LLC · US

Inventors

Sivaramanivas Ramaswamy · Kanchinakote, IN
Vijith Venugopalan · Survanagiri, IN
Kiran Kumar Bogineni · Kanchinakote, IN
Nagapriya Kavoori Sethumadhavan · Kanchinakote, IN
Steven M. Falk · Baltimore, US
Dianne Kessler · Brentwood, US
Tamara Grassle · Fox River Grove, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 9, 2022
Grant date	Aug 27, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 9, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B8/488
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An ultrasound system includes a single transducer. The single transducer includes a flexible substrate. The single transducer also includes an array of transducer elements disposed on the flexible substrate and configured to be disposed on an abdomen of a subject having one or more fetuses disposed within a single uterus and to acquire scan data. The ultrasound system also includes a processor coupled to the single transducer and configured to receive the scan data and to determine a respective fetal heart rate of each fetus of the one or more fetuses based on the scan data.

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