Patents by Inventor Abraham Neben

Abraham Neben has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20210275145
    Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to techniques for guiding an operator to use an ultrasound device. Thereby, operators with little or no experience operating ultrasound devices may capture medically relevant ultrasound images and/or interpret the contents of the obtained ultrasound images. For example, some of the techniques disclosed herein may be used to identify a particular anatomical view of a subject to image with an ultrasound device, guide an operator of the ultrasound device to capture an ultrasound image of the subject that contains the particular anatomical view, and/or analyze the captured ultrasound image to identify medical information about the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: Butterfly Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew de Jonge, Robert Schneider, David Elgena, Alex Rothberg, Jonathan M. Rothberg, Michal Sofka, Tomer Gafner, Karl Thiele, Abraham Neben
  • Publication number: 20210196237
    Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein related to modifying the location of an ultrasound imaging plane. Some embodiments include modifying the location of the ultrasound imaging plane based on a user selection. For example, some embodiments include receiving the user selection through a graphical user interface (GUI) that includes an ultrasound imaging plane indicator, where the ultrasound imaging plane indicator indicates the location of the ultrasound imaging plane. As another example, some embodiments include receiving the user selection by detecting tilts, taps, or voice commands. Some embodiments include automatically modifying the location of the ultrasound imaging plane. Some embodiments include modifying the location of the ultrasound imaging plane during biplane imaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Butterfly Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Kirthi Bellamkonda, Karl Thiele, Abraham Neben, Billy Byungsoo Roh, David Elgena
  • Patent number: 10993697
    Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to techniques for guiding an operator to use an ultrasound device. Thereby, operators with little or no experience operating ultrasound devices may capture medically relevant ultrasound images and/or interpret the contents of the obtained ultrasound images. For example, some of the techniques disclosed herein may be used to identify a particular anatomical view of a subject to image with an ultrasound device, guide an operator of the ultrasound device to capture an ultrasound image of the subject that contains the particular anatomical view, and/or analyze the captured ultrasound image to identify medical information about the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Butterfly Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Nouri, Alex Rothberg, Jonathan M. Rothberg, Matthew de Jonge, Jimmy Jia, Michal Sofka, Abraham Neben
  • Publication number: 20210097689
    Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to detecting degrade ultrasound imaging frame rate. Some embodiments include receiving ultrasound data from the ultrasound device, generating ultrasound images from the ultrasound data, taking one or more measurements of ultrasound imaging frame rate based on the ultrasound images, comparing the one or more measurements of ultrasound imaging frame rate to an reference ultrasound imaging frame rate value, and based on a result of comparing the one or more measurements of ultrasound imaging frame rate to the reference ultrasound imaging frame rate value, providing a notification and/or disabling an ultrasound imaging preset and/or an ultrasound imaging mode with which the ultrasound device was configured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Butterfly Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Maxim Zaslavsky, Krishna Ersson, Vineet Shah, Abraham Neben, Benjamin Horowitz, Renee Esses, Kirthi Bellamkonda
  • Patent number: 10959702
    Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to techniques for guiding an operator to use an ultrasound device. Thereby, operators with little or no experience operating ultrasound devices may capture medically relevant ultrasound images and/or interpret the contents of the obtained ultrasound images. For example, some of the techniques disclosed herein may be used to identify a particular anatomical view of a subject to image with an ultrasound device, guide an operator of the ultrasound device to capture an ultrasound image of the subject that contains the particular anatomical view, and/or analyze the captured ultrasound image to identify medical information about the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Butterfly Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Nouri, Alex Rothberg, Matthew de Jonge, Jimmy Jia, Jonathan M. Rothberg, Michal Sofka, Abraham Neben
  • Publication number: 20210052249
    Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to techniques for guiding an operator to use an ultrasound device. Thereby, operators with little or no experience operating ultrasound devices may capture medically relevant ultrasound images and/or interpret the contents of the obtained ultrasound images. For example, some of the techniques disclosed herein may be used to identify a particular anatomical view of a subject to image with an ultrasound device, guide an operator of the ultrasound device to capture an ultrasound image of the subject that contains the particular anatomical view, and/or analyze the captured ultrasound image to identify medical information about the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Butterfly Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomer Gafner, Matthew de Jonge, Robert Schneider, David Elgena, Alex Rothberg, Jonathan M. Rothberg, Michal Sofka, Karl Thiele, Abraham Neben
  • Publication number: 20210038199
    Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to detecting motion during collection of ultrasound data. Some embodiments include automatically comparing first ultrasound data collected from a set of locations at a first time and second ultrasound data collected from the set of locations at a second time to determine that a difference between the first and second ultrasound data exceeds a threshold difference. The set of locations may be scanline. Some embodiments include determining based on motion data from a motion sensor on the ultrasound device that an amount of motion exceeds a threshold amount of motion. An action may be performed based on determining that the difference between the first and second ultrasound data exceeds the threshold difference and/or that the amount of motion exceeds the threshold amount of motion. For example, the ultrasound data collection may be aborted, restarted, or a notification about motion may be generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Butterfly Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Abraham Neben, Kurt Guenther
  • Publication number: 20200390419
    Abstract: Ultrasound devices and methods are described for collecting ultrasound data. An ultrasound device may include an ultrasound transducer array. The ultrasound device may collect ultrasound data along multiple elevational steering angles with respective apertures of different sizes. The ultrasound data may be used to perform a measurement or generate a visualization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: Butterfly Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Abraham Neben, Nevada J. Sanchez, Karl Thiele
  • Patent number: 10856848
    Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to techniques for guiding an operator to use an ultrasound device. Thereby, operators with little or no experience operating ultrasound devices may capture medically relevant ultrasound images and/or interpret the contents of the obtained ultrasound images. For example, some of the techniques disclosed herein may be used to identify a particular anatomical view of a subject to image with an ultrasound device, guide an operator of the ultrasound device to capture an ultrasound image of the subject that contains the particular anatomical view, and/or analyze the captured ultrasound image to identify medical information about the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Butterfly Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomer Gafner, Matthew de Jonge, Robert Schneider, David Elgena, Alex Rothberg, Jonathan M. Rothberg, Michal Sofka, Karl Thiele, Abraham Neben
  • Publication number: 20200320694
    Abstract: Some aspects of the technology described herein relate to configuring an ultrasound device to perform a three-dimensional ultrasound imaging sweep, and displaying ultrasound images and segmented portions of the ultrasound images as the ultrasound images are collected during the three-dimensional ultrasound imaging sweep. Certain aspects relate to displaying an ultrasound image collected by an ultrasound device and configuring the ultrasound device to perform a three-dimensional ultrasound imaging sweep based on the ultrasound image collected by the ultrasound device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: Butterfly Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Audrey Howell, Matthew de Jonge, Kurt Guenther, Abraham Neben, Tomer Gafner, Yang Liu, Nathan Silberman, Cristina Shin, Swaminathan Sankaranarayanan
  • Publication number: 20200289094
    Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to techniques for guiding an operator to use an ultrasound device. Thereby, operators with little or no experience operating ultrasound devices may capture medically relevant ultrasound images and/or interpret the contents of the obtained ultrasound images. For example, some of the techniques disclosed herein may be used to identify a particular anatomical view of a subject to image with an ultrasound device, guide an operator of the ultrasound device to capture an ultrasound image of the subject that contains the particular anatomical view, and/or analyze the captured ultrasound image to identify medical information about the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: Butterfly Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew de Jonge, Robert Schneider, David Elgena, Alex Rothberg, Jonathan M. Rothberg, Michal Sofka, Tomer Gafner, Karl Thiele, Abraham Neben
  • Publication number: 20200253585
    Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to collection of ultrasound images depicting needles. Some embodiments include an ultrasound device having a transducer array and configured to use an aperture having a centroid that is closer to a first long side of the transducer array than a second long side of the transducer array. Certain embodiments include instructing a user to begin to insert a needle adjacent at a location that is to a particular long side of the transducer array. Some embodiments include receiving a selection of a particular long side of the transducer array. Certain embodiments include determining that a user has begun to insert a needle at a location that is adjacent to a particular long side of the transducer array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Butterfly Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Abraham Neben, Brenda Gonyeau
  • Patent number: 10709415
    Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to ultrasound imaging of lungs. An ultrasound device may be configured with a set of parameter values associated with a shallow lung imaging mode. A selection of a change in imaging depth may be received. If the selected imaging depth is greater than or equal to a threshold imaging depth, the ultrasound device may be configured with a set of parameter values associated with a deep lung imaging mode. The set of parameter values associated with the shallow lung imaging mode may be optimized for imaging lung sliding and the set of parameter values associated with the deep lung imaging mode may be optimized for imaging A lines and B lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Butterfly Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Abraham Neben, Karl Thiele, Brenda Gonyeau
  • Patent number: 10702242
    Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to techniques for guiding an operator to use an ultrasound device. Thereby, operators with little or no experience operating ultrasound devices may capture medically relevant ultrasound images and/or interpret the contents of the obtained ultrasound images. For example, some of the techniques disclosed herein may be used to identify a particular anatomical view of a subject to image with an ultrasound device, guide an operator of the ultrasound device to capture an ultrasound image of the subject that contains the particular anatomical view, and/or analyze the captured ultrasound image to identify medical information about the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Butterfly Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew de Jonge, Robert Schneider, David Elgena, Alex Rothberg, Jonathan M. Rothberg, Michal Sofka, Tomer Gafner, Karl Thiele, Abraham Neben
  • Publication number: 20200155113
    Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to ultrasound imaging of lungs. An ultrasound device may be configured with a set of parameter values associated with a shallow lung imaging mode. A selection of a change in imaging depth may be received. If the selected imaging depth is greater than or equal to a threshold imaging depth, the ultrasound device may be configured with a set of parameter values associated with a deep lung imaging mode. The set of parameter values associated with the shallow lung imaging mode may be optimized for imaging lung sliding and the set of parameter values associated with the deep lung imaging mode may be optimized for imaging A lines and B lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: Butterfly Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Abraham Neben, Karl Thiele, Brenda Gonyeau
  • Publication number: 20200129151
    Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein include ultrasound data collection using different image formats. Some embodiments include causing, within a single imaging preset, an ultrasound device having a single transducer array to switch from a configuration to collect ultrasound data for producing ultrasound images having a first format to a configuration to collect ultrasound data for producing ultrasound images having a second format. Some embodiments include modulating, within a single imaging preset and as a function of imaging depth, a virtual apex location and/or an instantaneous transmit aperture size used for ultrasound data collection by an ultrasound device having a single transducer array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Butterfly Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Abraham Neben, Karl Thiele, Christophe Meyer, Robert Schneider
  • Publication number: 20200046314
    Abstract: Aspects of the technology described herein relate to ultrasound imaging of lungs. An ultrasound device may be configured with a set of parameter values associated with a shallow lung imaging mode. A selection of a change in imaging depth may be received. If the selected imaging depth is greater than or equal to a threshold imaging depth, the ultrasound device may be configured with a set of parameter values associated with a deep lung imaging mode. The set of parameter values associated with the shallow lung imaging mode may be optimized for imaging lung sliding and the set of parameter values associated with the deep lung imaging mode may be optimized for imaging A lines and B lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: Butterfly Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Abraham Neben, Karl Thiele, Brenda Gonyeau