Patents Assigned to Edan Instruments, Inc.
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Patent number: 10512447Abstract: The disclosure provides a probe holding table and a medical equipment. The probe holding table comprises a faceplate and a fixing plate for supporting the faceplate. The faceplate is rotatably connected to the fixing plate. A plurality of probe placement units for installing probes are disposed on the faceplate, and each of the probe placement units is in electrical communication with an external power. The user may turn the faceplate to take the probes on the corresponding position, in particular, when more probes need to be used, the structure of the probe holding table is simpler than the normal fixed table, and easier to take the probes. Therefore, the medical equipment adopted the above probe holding table provides with the above advantages.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2016Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: Edan Instruments, Inc.Inventors: Gonghua Wang, Kai Yang, Chuanxi Guo, Yong Wu
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Publication number: 20190365357Abstract: An ultrasound system (100) includes an ultrasound transducer, a processing circuit (300), and a display. The ultrasound transducer is configured to detect ultrasound information from a patient (610) and output the ultrasound information as an ultrasound data sample (612), the ultrasound information representing blood flow of the patient. The processing circuit (300) is configure to determine a first characteristic of a first plurality of the ultrasound data samples (614) detected prior to a current ultrasound data sample, the first characteristic representing periodic features of the blood flow, determine a second characteristic of the current ultrasound data sample (616), compare the first characteristic to the second characteristic (618), modify the current ultrasound data sample based on the comparison (620), and output spectrum information (622) of the current ultrasound data sample modified based on the comparison of the first characteristic and the second characteristic.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2016Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicant: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INC.Inventors: Seshadri SRINIVASAN, Shangchong YU, Feng LING
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Publication number: 20190261956Abstract: A computing system includes a memory configured to store instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to receive data relating to an image or a user, determine a feature from the data, identify a user preference from a user profile, obtain a model, and segment the image based on the feature, the user preference, and the model. The model is generated by determining a historical feature from historical data as an input, determining a desired output, obtaining a preliminary model based on the input and the desired output, determining an actual output of the preliminary model, determining error criteria between the actual output and the desired output, and generating the model by updating the preliminary model based on the error criteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Applicant: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INC.Inventors: Seshadri SRINIVASAN, Jianhua MO, Ed GARDNER, Feng LING, Sean MURPHY
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Publication number: 20190142386Abstract: An ultrasound system includes an ultrasound transducer, a processing circuit, and an output device. The ultrasound transducer detects ultrasound information and outputs the ultrasound information as ultrasound data samples. The processing circuit receives ultrasound data samples from the ultrasound transducer, calculates a plurality of first spectra for a first subset of the received ultrasound data samples, generates a threshold based on the plurality of first spectra, categorizes first spectra greater than the threshold as signal data, otherwise as noise data, processes the signal data using a first signal processing parameter and the noise data using a second signal processing parameter different from the first signal processing parameter, and combines the processed signal data and noise data into an ultrasound output. The output device is configured to output the ultrasound output as at least one of an ultrasound image or ultrasound audio.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INC.Inventors: Seshadri Srinivasan, Ruiying Zhang
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Patent number: 10172589Abstract: A method for displaying status information related to a portable device includes detecting a portion of a user in a detection zone using a proximity sensor, determining, using a control circuit, that the portable device is in a powered off or power saving state, acquiring, using the control circuit, information about the portable device while the portable device remains in the powered off or power saving state, and displaying, using a system status indicator controlled by the control circuit, a representation of the information about the portable device. The detection zone is defined in relation to a handle of the portable device.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2017Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INC.Inventors: Richard Henderson, Sean Murphy
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Patent number: 10154829Abstract: An ultrasound system includes a display, an actuator, a user interface, and a processing circuit. The actuator is configured to control at least one of a position or an orientation of the display. The user interface is configured to receive a user input. The processing circuit is configured to cause the actuator to adjust the at least one of the position or orientation of the display based on the user input.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2017Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INC.Inventors: Richard Henderson, Sean Murphy
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Publication number: 20180353153Abstract: A Doppler fetal heartbeat monitor includes: a housing; a mainboard; a loudspeaker installed in the housing and electrically connected to the mainboard; and an ultrasonic transducer installed in the housing, electrically connected to the mainboard, and comprising at least one transduction wafer configured to generate an impulse wave, in which the ultrasonic transducer is internally provided at a head end of the housing, and the loudspeaker and the mainboard are internally provided at a tail end of the housing. By arranging the loudspeaker, the mainboard and the ultrasonic transducer in the housing, the Doppler fetal heartbeat monitor can have a compact structure and a small volume. Moreover, it is possible to reduce positive feedback of a sound system and a probability of a self-excited whistle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2017Publication date: December 13, 2018Applicant: Edan Instruments, IncInventors: Dong Huang, Dewei Chen, Yong Wu
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Patent number: 10134973Abstract: The present application relates to the technical field of transducer, it provides an ultrasonic transducer and the manufacture method therefore. The ultrasonic transducer comprises: a piezoelectric layer for radiating sound signal forward or backward, each side thereof being plated with an electrode; a matching layer arranged in the front of the piezoelectric layer and suitable for sending the forward sound signal; a tuning layer arranged on the back of the piezoelectric layer, wherein the piezoelectric layer is disposed between the tuning layer and the matching layer; a backing layer for absorbing the backward sound signal from the piezoelectric layer, wherein the backing layer is arranged against the piezoelectric layer on the tuning layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2015Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INC.Inventors: Wenjuan Wang, Dan Zhou, Bo Ouyang, Jianhua Mo
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Publication number: 20180192992Abstract: The disclosure provides a probe holding table and a medical equipment. The probe holding table comprises a faceplate and a fixing plate for supporting the faceplate. The faceplate is rotatably connected to the fixing plate. A plurality of probe placement units for installing probes are disposed on the faceplate, and each of the probe placement units is in electrical communication with an external power. The user may turn the faceplate to take the probes on the corresponding position, in particular, when more probes need to be used, the structure of the probe holding table is simpler than the normal fixed table, and easier to take the probes. Therefore, the medical equipment adopted the above probe holding table provides with the above advantages.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2016Publication date: July 12, 2018Applicant: Edan Instruments, Inc.Inventors: Gonghua WANG, Kai YANG, Chuanxi GUO, Yong WU
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Patent number: 10019218Abstract: A portable computing device includes a user interface system including at least a first display and a second display, a memory storing a series of images, a user input device configured to receive an input from a user corresponding to changing a power state of the portable computing device, and a processing circuit coupled to the user interface system, the memory, and the user input device. The processing circuit is configured to receive the input from the user corresponding to changing the power state, determine based on the received input if the input satisfies a trigger condition, and in response to determining that the trigger condition is satisfied, display the series of images on the first display and the second display such that at least one image is displayed on the first display and the second display during a display sequence.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2015Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INC.Inventors: Richard Henderson, Sean Murphy
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Patent number: 9996935Abstract: An ultrasound processing system includes an ultrasound interface, processing electronics, and display electronics. The ultrasound interface receives imaging information. The processing electronics are coupled to the ultrasound interface and configured to utilize the ultrasound imaging information to process an ultrasound scene for display. The processing electronics parse the scene into segments based on a plurality of automatically detected image characteristics and dynamically assign different processing parameters to different segments. Display electronics are coupled to the processing electronics and the processing electronics are configured to cause the display electronics to output the processed ultrasound scene.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INC.Inventor: Seshadri Srinivasan
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Patent number: 9943227Abstract: The present invention provides a selective data transmission method and a system based on a central monitoring system. The selective data transmission method includes a wireless sensor, wherein the wireless sensor executes the following steps of: A. collecting data; B. sending the data to a designated receiving end; C. selecting a receiving end according to an instruction, and taking the receiving end as the designated receiving end; and D. establishing a wireless connection with the designated receiving end. The present invention has the advantageous effects that the method and the system realize selective data transmission through transmitting the data to a selected receiving end, which not only can be applied to the field of medical monitoring, but also can be applied to such fields as security prevention, data backup and the like; working nodes can be switched.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2013Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INCInventors: Wusun Chen, Lin Tang, Xin Yin
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Patent number: D825765Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2017Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Edan Instruments, Inc.Inventors: Kai Yang, Wuchao Mao, Richard Henderson, Hua Luo
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Patent number: D827139Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2015Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INC.Inventors: Richard Henderson, Sean Murphy
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Patent number: D831219Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INC.Inventors: Richard Henderson, Hua Luo, Wuchao Mao
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Patent number: D844791Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2016Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INC.Inventor: Richard Henderson
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Patent number: D853564Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2018Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Edan Instruments, Inc.Inventors: Richard Henderson, Sean Murphy
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Patent number: D872862Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INC.Inventors: Wuchao Mao, Richard Henderson
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Patent number: D872863Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INC.Inventors: Richard Henderson, Wuchao Mao
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Patent number: D876632Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Edan Instruments, Inc.Inventors: Richard Henderson, Wuchao Mao