Patents Assigned to Signostics Limited
  • Method and apparatus for ultrasonic measurement of volume of bodily structures
    Patent number: 9364196
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining the volume of a bodily structure including the steps of acquiring at least two ultrasound images, estimating the location of the perimeter of a structure of interest as viewed in cross section in each said ultrasound image, calculating the cross sectional area of such structure as so viewed, and combining the perimeter and area information from the at least two images to calculate the volume of the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Signostics Limited
    Inventors: Essa El-Aklouk, John Brydon
  • Medical interface with multiple communication channels having diferent data rates wherein one channel is always active
    Patent number: 7987303
    Abstract: An ultrasound measurement system including a handheld display and processing means, an ultrasound transducer, a processing means of a substantially similar weight to the handheld display and processing means, and a transmission cable interconnecting the handheld display and processing means with the ultrasound transducer and processing means, the cable being of sufficient length to provide a means to mechanically locate the system around the neck of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Signostics Limited
    Inventor: Stewart Gavin Bartlett