Patents Assigned to Edan Instruments, Inc.
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Publication number: 20170000456Abstract: An apparatus for locking a transducer connector to a transducer interface of an ultrasound system includes a sensor configured to acquire data regarding a position of the transducer connector relative to the transducer interface, a locking system configured to facilitate locking of the transducer connector to the transducer interface, and a processing circuit communicably coupled to the sensor and the locking system. The processing circuit configured to interpret the data acquire by the sensor and provide a lock command to the locking system to lock the transducer connector to the transducer interface based on the data indicating the transducer connector is engaged with the transducer interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2016Publication date: January 5, 2017Applicant: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INC.Inventors: Richard Henderson, Sean Murphy
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Publication number: 20160377717Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system is provided. The ultrasound imaging system includes an ultrasound transducer configured to acquire ultrasound imaging information including an ultrasound data sample. The ultrasound imaging system includes a processing circuit configured to receive the ultrasound imaging information and applying a combining function to the ultrasound imaging information based on a characteristic of the ultrasound imaging information, in order to combine the ultrasound imaging information into at least one spectral Doppler line. The combining function improves an image quality of an image displayed based on the at least one spectral Doppler line.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2016Publication date: December 29, 2016Applicant: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INC.Inventors: Seshadri Srinivasan, Jiang Zhiqiang
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Publication number: 20160317124Abstract: An ultrasound system is disclosed. The ultrasound system includes an ultrasound device. The ultrasound device includes a housing, a control panel coupled to the housing, and a receiver assembly coupled to the housing, wherein the receiver assembly includes a first contact surface. The ultrasound system further includes a transducer assembly having an ultrasound probe and a cartridge, wherein the cartridge includes a second contact surface. The cartridge is configured to be removably received in a slot of the receiver assembly such that the cartridge is movable between a removed position, in which the transducer assembly is not connected to the ultrasound device, and an engaged position, in which the cartridge is positioned in the slot and the first contact surface is electrically coupled to the second contact surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2016Publication date: November 3, 2016Applicant: Edan Instruments, Inc.Inventors: Richard Henderson, Sean Murphy
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Publication number: 20160310102Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of biomedical signal processing, specifically, a device and method of implementation for enhancing the accuracy of fetal heart rate acceleration data recognition.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2012Publication date: October 27, 2016Applicant: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INC.Inventors: Jian RAO, Dewei CHEN, Yonghua ZENG, Wusun CHEN
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Publication number: 20160262729Abstract: Systems and methods provided herein relate to an image processing system. The image processing system may include a beamformer module structured to receive channel data from each of at least three firings; and, a synthesis module communicably coupled to the beamformer module, the synthesis module may be structured to: combine channel data corresponding to two inverted firings to isolate a harmonic component; combine channel data from one of the two inverted firings with channel data from a third firing to isolate a fundamental component; and, combine the fundamental component with the harmonic component incoherently.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2016Publication date: September 15, 2016Applicant: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INC.Inventors: Seshadri Srinivasan, Edward A. Gardner, Sean Murphy
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Publication number: 20160183791Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2013Publication date: June 30, 2016Applicant: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INCInventors: Wasun CHEN, Lin TANG, Xin YIN
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Patent number: 9366583Abstract: A self-calibration temperature control method and device includes a temperature feedback and control unit, a precise temperature measurement unit, and a temperature calibration unit. The temperature feedback and control unit has a negative temperature coefficient thermistor and an analog feedback control circuit that are connected with a controlled heating element. The temperature calibration unit includes a CPU, a data latch circuit with an input end connected with the CPU through a bus, and a digital potentiometer connected with the temperature feedback and control unit, an output end of the data latch circuit being connected with the digital potentiometer through the bus.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2012Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: EDAN INSTRUMENTS INC.Inventors: Xiaofei Xiang, Zhixiang Zhao, Shaoguo Chai
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Patent number: 9364197Abstract: A device and method for improving the identification accuracy of fetal heart rate deceleration. The method includes: collecting fetal heart rate data (101); performing baseline identification on the collected fetal heart rate data (102); preprocessing the collected fetal heart rate data (103); performing deceleration identification on the preprocessed fetal heart rate data according to preset deceleration judgment standards and a fetal heart rate data baseline to obtain a decelerated data segment (104); and calculating a deceleration attribute value of each decelerated data segment (105), and outputting the decelerated data segment and calculation result (106).Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2012Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INCInventors: Jian Rao, Wusun Chen, Yonghua Zeng, Dewei Chen
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Publication number: 20160151741Abstract: The present invention relates to a water removal device, method and system for gas sampling. The water removal device comprises a dehydration cup, a gas chamber, a pressure sensor, a flow sensor, a feedback control unit, a main channel and a sucking pump. The feedback control unit controls the working state of the sucking pump according to monitoring data of the pressure sensor and the flow sensor. The water removal device, method and system for gas sampling have the advantages that a double-channel gas sampling structure is adopted so that liquid water in a gas course can be removed effectively. By the adoption of an atmospheric pressure switch structure, no gas flow will pass through a second channel under normal circumstances, and the utilization of sampled gas is increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2014Publication date: June 2, 2016Applicant: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INCInventors: Zhenying ZHU, Lu CHEN
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Publication number: 20160131671Abstract: The present invention relates to a recognition and calibration method for the blood gas chemistry analytic system, which comprises the following steps: getting reagent information recorded in the two-dimension code glued to or printed on the test card or reagent package; extracting the basic information of the test card from the reagent information, examining the correctness of the usage of the test card and feeding back the error messages and exiting the test if the usage is incorrect; if the usage is correct, extracting the feature information of the test card from the reagent information, obtaining the feature parameters of the test card and setting them as the feature parameters of the present test; collecting the present test signals and processing the operation of computation and adjustment for the signals according to the feature parameters of the present test and thus, obtaining the test results.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2014Publication date: May 12, 2016Applicant: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INC.Inventors: Yingying KIE, Chao LIN, Zhixiang ZHAO
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Publication number: 20160104292Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2015Publication date: April 14, 2016Applicant: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INC.Inventor: Seshadri Srinivasan
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Patent number: 9301731Abstract: An ultrasound system is disclosed. The ultrasound system includes an ultrasound device. The ultrasound device includes a housing, a control panel coupled to the housing, and a receiver assembly coupled to the housing, wherein the receiver assembly includes a first contact surface. The ultrasound system further includes a transducer assembly having an ultrasound probe and a cartridge, wherein the cartridge includes a second contact surface. The cartridge is configured to be removably received in a slot of the receiver assembly such that the cartridge is movable between a removed position, in which the transducer assembly is not connected to the ultrasound device, and an engaged position, in which the cartridge is positioned in the slot and the first contact surface is electrically coupled to the second contact surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2013Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INC.Inventors: Rich Henderson, Sean Murphy
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Publication number: 20160048365Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2015Publication date: February 18, 2016Applicant: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INC.Inventors: Richard Henderson, Sean Murphy
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Publication number: 20160049066Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2015Publication date: February 18, 2016Applicant: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INC.Inventors: Richard Henderson, Sean Murphy
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Patent number: 9256712Abstract: A method for realizing a central monitoring server by using an individual patient monitor device is provided, and the patient monitor device (301) can monitor the patient's physiological parameter and simultaneously can collect and process the data from the other monitor devices through wired or wireless LAN (Local area network). The running state and the patient's information of the other monitors can be looked over on this monitor (301). The monitor (301) can display this monitoring measurement information and simultaneously display all the patients' information of the other monitors which are networked with it, and the other networked monitors can also be controlled by this monitor (301). The monitor (301) can use a single-screen or multi-screen display, and the displaying content can be the same or not.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2010Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: Edan Instruments, Inc.Inventors: Shuo Sun, Liangkuan Chen, Zengqiang Zhang
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Publication number: 20160007965Abstract: A portable ultrasound system includes a main screen included in a hinged portion of the portable ultrasound system configured to open and close relative to a main housing of the portable ultrasound system, a touchscreen included on a top surface of the main housing of the portable ultrasound system, and a touchpad included on the top surface of the main housing of the portable ultrasound system. The system further includes a processing circuit configured to perform general computing operations, configured to receive ultrasound imaging data, and configured to provide ultrasound information to at least one of the main screen, the touchscreen, or the touchpad.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2015Publication date: January 14, 2016Applicant: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INC.Inventors: Sean Murphy, Larry McCabe, Richard Henderson
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Publication number: 20160007957Abstract: A portable ultrasound system includes a user interface system including at least one display screen and at least one user input device, a processing circuit configured to perform general computing operations and configured to receive ultrasound imaging data from a removable ultrasound module, a housing containing the user interface system and the processing circuit and having an opening configured to removably receive the removable ultrasound module, and a connector configured to form an electrical connection with a corresponding second connector of the removable ultrasound module when the removable ultrasound module is fully inserted into the portable ultrasound system through the opening of the housing, and wherein the connector includes at least one guiding feature configured to align the connector and the second connector as the removable ultrasound module is inserted into the portable ultrasound system.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2015Publication date: January 14, 2016Applicant: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INC.Inventors: Sean Murphy, Richard Henderson
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Patent number: D754665Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2014Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Edan Instruments, Inc.Inventors: Renfu Zhang, Chunhong Xia, Shunjin Xiao
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Patent number: D757711Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2014Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INC.Inventors: Richard Henderson, Sean Murphy
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Patent number: D764454Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2014Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INC.Inventors: Richard Henderson, Sean Murphy