Audrey E Howell

US Patent:

20220401080, Dec 22, 2022

Filed:

Jun 15, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/841525

Inventors:

Alon Daks - Scarsdale NY, US
Brian Shin - New York NY, US
Jai Mani - Brooklyn NY, US
Audrey Howell - Guilford CT, US

International Classification:

A61B 8/08
A61B 8/00

Abstract:

Aspects of the present application provide methods and apparatus for directing operation of an ultrasound device. Some aspects provide various instructions to a user of the ultrasound device, automatically detect when the user has completed a step based on ultrasound images collected by the ultrasound device, and automatically transitioning to providing an instruction for a following step. The instructions may relate to positioning of the ultrasound device and application of an ultrasound coupling medium, in some embodiments.

US Patent:

20230012014, Jan 12, 2023

Filed:

Jul 11, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/862132

Inventors:

Alon Daks - Scarsdale NY, US
Audrey Howell - Guilford CT, US
Christophe Meyer - New York NY, US
Robert Schneider - Killingworth CT, US

Assignee:

BFLY Operations, Inc. - Guilford CT

International Classification:

A61B 8/08
A61B 8/00

Abstract:

Technology for guiding a user to collect clinically usable ultrasound images is described. In some embodiments, an ultrasound device may automatically change the elevational steering angle of its ultrasound beam (e.g., using beamforming) in order to collect ultrasound data from different imaging planes within the subject. A processing device in operative communication with the ultrasound device may select one of the collected ultrasound images based on its quality (e.g., select the ultrasound image having the highest quality), and then continue to collect ultrasound images using the elevational steering angle at which the selected ultrasound image was collected.

US Patent:

20210096243, Apr 1, 2021

Filed:

Sep 24, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/031786

Inventors:

- Guilford CT, US
Nathan Silberman - Brooklyn NY, US
Audrey Howell - Guilford CT, US

Assignee:

Butterfly Network, Inc. - Guilford CT

International Classification:

G01S 15/89
G01S 7/524
G01S 7/526

Abstract:

Aspects of the technology described herein relate to configuring an ultrasound system with imaging parameter values. Certain aspects relate to configuring an ultrasound system to produce sets of ultrasound images, each respective set of ultrasound images being produced with a different respective set of imaging parameter values; obtaining, from the ultrasound system, the sets of ultrasound images; determining a set of ultrasound images from among the sets of ultrasound images that has a highest quality; and based on determining the set of ultrasound images that has the highest quality, providing a prompt as to whether to configure the ultrasound system to produce ultrasound images using a set of imaging parameter values with which the set of ultrasound images that has the highest quality was produced.

US Patent:

20210038189, Feb 11, 2021

Filed:

Aug 7, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/987999

Inventors:

Yang Liu - Hoboken NJ, US
Cristina Shin - San Francisco CA, US
Nathan Silberman - Brooklyn NY, US
Audrey Howell - Guilford CT, US
Daniel Hertz - New York NY, US
Swaminathan Sankaranarayanan - Guilford CT, US

Assignee:

Butterfly Network, Inc. - Guilford CT

International Classification:

A61B 8/00
A61B 5/20
A61B 8/08

Abstract:

Aspects of the technology described herein include determining, during ultrasound imaging, that an anatomical region is clipped by a field of view of an ultrasound image, and providing a notification, during the ultrasound imaging, that the anatomical region is clipped by the field of view of the ultrasound image. Aspects of the technology described herein also include determining that an anatomical region is clipped by a field of view of at least one ultrasound image collected during a three-dimensional ultrasound imaging sweep, and providing a notification that the anatomical region is clipped by the field of view of the at least one ultrasound image collected during the three-dimensional ultrasound imaging sweep.