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US 2017/0319176 A1Published application
Handheld ultrasound scanner
AssigneeInnuvatech S.R.L.
InventorLudovico STRAMIGIOLI
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Abstract
Provided is a handheld ultrasound scanner and a process for using the same. The handheld ultrasound scanner includes transducers, electromagnetic wave generating means, electromagnetic wave receiving means, control means, processing means, and/or a containment casing.
Claims11
An operating process for a handheld ultrasound scanner, said handheld ultrasound scanner comprising
- transducers configured to convert electromagnetic pulses into ultrasound pulses and vice versa and, thus, to send and receive ultrasound pulses,
- electromagnetic wave generating means configured to send given electromagnetic pulses to said transducers to be converted into given ultrasound pulses,
- electromagnetic wave receiving means configured to receive electromagnetic pulses from said transducers consequent to the reception of ultrasound echoes of the ultrasound pulses sent,
- control means configured to control the components of said handheld ultrasound scanner,
- processing means configured to process signals from said receiving means and convert them into still or moving images, said receiving means configured to receive electromagnetic pulses from said transducers and at least convert the analogue signal into a digital signal, and offset any effects of phase shift or attenuation of the signal received,
- transmitting means for transmitting said still or moving images to a computer of a conventional type external to said handheld ultrasound scanner, the computer comprising a screen, electronic processing means, connections and controls for said ultrasound scanner,
- the process comprising:
- processing said signals coming from said receiving means by means of said processing means contained in said ultrasound scanner, and converting them into still or moving images,
- sending said still or moving images processed by said processing means to said computer by means of said transmitting means,
- further processing by said computer of the data sent by said transmitting means which results in the creation of a video, and
- displaying said video by said computer on said screen.
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A handheld ultrasound scanner, comprising:
- transducers configured to convert electromagnetic pulses into ultrasound pulses and vice versa and, thus, to send and receive ultrasound pulses,
- electromagnetic wave generating means configured to send given electromagnetic pulses to said transducers to be converted into given ultrasound pulses,
- electromagnetic wave receiving means configured to receive electromagnetic pulses from said transducers consequent to the reception of ultrasound echoes of the ultrasound pulses sent, and to convert the analogue signal into a digital signal, and to offset the effects of phase shift and attenuation of said received signal,
- control means configured to control the components of said handheld ultrasound scanner,
- processing means configured to process signals from said receiving means and convert them into still or moving images,
- transmitting means of said still or moving images to a computer of a conventional type external to said handheld ultrasound scanner, preferably consisting of a smartphone or tablet, and comprising a screen, electronic processing means, connections, controls for said ultrasound scanner, preferably of the touch-screen type,
- a containment casing,
- wherein at least said transducers, said electromagnetic wave generating means, said receiving means, said control means and at least part of said processing means and of said transmitting means are integrally constrained to said casing,
- wherein a head comprising said transducers and an acoustic lens, constituting the distal end of said handheld ultrasound scanner, and
- wherein said head is integrally constrained to said casing by means of releasable constraining means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.