Patents by Inventor Anthony P. Lannutti
Anthony P. Lannutti 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).
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Patent number: 9295444Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include a method, system, and device for conducting ultrasound interrogation of a medium. The novel method includes transmitting a non-beamformed or beamformed ultrasound wave into the medium, receiving more than one echoed ultrasound wave from the medium, and converting the received echoed ultrasound wave into digital data. The novel method may further transmit the digital data. In some embodiments, the transmitting may be wireless. The novel device may include transducer elements, an analog-to-digital converter in communication with the transducer elements, and a transmitter in communication with the analog-to-digital converter. The transducers may operate to convert a first electrical energy into an ultrasound wave. The first electrical energy may or may not be beamformed. The transducers also may convert an echoed ultrasound wave into a second electrical energy.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2006Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.Inventors: Jodi Klessel Schwartz, Anthony P. Lannutti, Kevin S. Randall, Joseph A. Urbano, Raymond F. Weymer, Jr.
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Patent number: 9116226Abstract: Embodiments contemplate methods and systems for determining an image performance measurement in an ultrasound system. Embodiments contemplate that data may be received from a remote unit of an ultrasound imaging system. One or more determinations of the measure of performance of an image may be made, where the image may be derivable from at least part of the data. The measure of image performance may be displayed on a main unit of the ultrasound imaging system.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2011Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.Inventors: Joseph A. Urbano, Kevin S. Randall, Anthony P. Lannutti, Michael G. Cannon, George C. Ku
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Patent number: 9084574Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include a method, system, and device for conducting ultrasound interrogation of a medium. The method includes transmitting a non-beamformed or beamformed ultrasound wave into the medium, receiving more than one echoed ultrasound wave from the medium, and converting the received echoed ultrasound wave into digital data. The method may further transmit the digital data. The transmission may be wireless. The system may include a main unit, a remote unit, a locator module, transducer elements, an analog-to-digital converter in communication with the transducer elements, and a transmitter in communication with the analog-to-digital converter. The main unit and the remote unit may be part of an ultrasound imaging system and the remote unit may communicate with the main unit. The locator module may communicate with the remote unit or the main unit. The locator module may identify a location of the remote unit or the main unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2006Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: Siemens Medical Solution USA, Inc.Inventors: Kevin S. Randall, Michael G. Cannon, Anthony P. Lannutti, Joseph A. Urbano, Raymond F. Weymer, Jr.
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Patent number: 8790263Abstract: The embodiments contemplate systems and methods for detecting moving tissue within an object. In one such method, a first and second ultrasound pulse are transmitted at a first sample volume within an object. A first echo signal of the first ultrasound pulse is received from the first sample volume and a second echo signal of the second ultrasound pulse is received from the first sample volume. An estimate of position displacement data of the first sample volume is computed from the first and second echo signals, and the estimate of position displacement data is compared to a predetermined position displacement data threshold indicative of moving tissue. A determination is made, based on the comparison, whether the first sample volume corresponds to moving tissue and, based on the determination, the transmitting, receiving, computing and determining is repeated for a second sample volume.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2007Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.Inventors: Kevin S. Randall, Joseph A. Urbano, Lawrence A. Engle, Anthony P. Lannutti, Jodi Schwartz Klessel, Raymond F. Weymer, Jr., Michael G. Cannon
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Patent number: 8656783Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include a method, system, and device for conducting ultrasound interrogation of a medium. The novel method includes transmitting a non-beamformed or beamformed ultrasound wave into the medium, receiving more than one echoed ultrasound wave from the medium, and converting the received echoed ultrasound wave into digital data. The novel method may further transmit the digital data. In some embodiments, the transmitting may be wireless. The novel device may include transducer elements, an analog-to-digital converter in communication with the transducer elements, and a transmitter in communication with the analog-to-digital converter. The transducers may operate to convert a first electrical energy into an ultrasound wave. The first electrical energy may or may not be beamformed. The transducers also may convert an echoed ultrasound wave into a second electrical energy.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2006Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.Inventors: Kevin S. Randall, Jodi Schwartz Klessel, Anthony P. Lannutti, Joseph A. Urbano, Raymond F. Weymer, Jr.
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Patent number: 8600299Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include a method, system, and device for conducting ultrasound interrogation of a medium. The novel method includes transmitting a non-beamformed or beamformed ultrasound wave into the medium, receiving more than one echoed ultrasound wave from the medium, and converting the received echoed ultrasound wave into digital data. The novel method may further transmit the digital data. In some embodiments, the transmitting may be wireless. The novel device may include transducer elements, an analog-to-digital converter in communication with the transducer elements, and a transmitter in communication with the analog-to-digital converter. The transducers may operate to convert a first electrical energy into an ultrasound wave. The first electrical energy may or may not be beamformed. The transducers also may convert an echoed ultrasound wave into a second electrical energy.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2006Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.Inventors: Kevin S. Randall, Jodi Schwartz Klessel, Anthony P. Lannutti, Joseph A. Urbano
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Patent number: 8499634Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include a method, system, and device for conducting ultrasound interrogation of a medium. The novel method includes transmitting a non-beamformed or beamformed ultrasound wave into the medium, receiving more than one echoed ultrasound wave from the medium, and converting the received echoed ultrasound wave into digital data. The novel method may further transmit the digital data. In some embodiments, the transmitting may be wireless. The novel device may include transducer elements, an analog-to-digital converter in communication with the transducer elements, and a transmitter in communication with the analog-to-digital converter. The transducers may operate to convert a first electrical energy into an ultrasound wave. The first electrical energy may or may not be beamformed. The transducers also may convert an echoed ultrasound wave into a second electrical energy.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2006Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.Inventors: Joseph A. Urbano, Jodi Schwartz Klessel, Anthony P. Lannutti, Kevin S. Randall, Raymond F. Weymer, Jr.
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Patent number: 8490489Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include a method, system, and device for conducting ultrasound interrogation of a medium. The novel method includes transmitting a non-beamformed or beamformed ultrasound wave into the medium, receiving more than one echoed ultrasound wave from the medium, and converting the received echoed ultrasound wave into digital data. The novel method may further transmit the digital data. In some embodiments, the transmitting may be wireless. The novel device may include transducer elements, an analog-to-digital converter in communication with the transducer elements, and a transmitter in communication with the analog-to-digital converter. The transducers may operate to convert a first electrical energy into an ultrasound wave. The first electrical energy may or may not be beamformed. The transducers also may convert an echoed ultrasound wave into a second electrical energy.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2006Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.Inventors: Kevin S. Randall, Jodi Schwartz Klessel, Anthony P. Lannutti, Joseph A. Urbano, Raymond F. Weymer
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Patent number: 8312771Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include a method, system, and device for conducting ultrasound interrogation of a medium. The novel method includes transmitting a non-beamformed or beamformed ultrasound wave into the medium, receiving more than one echoed ultrasound wave from the medium, and converting the received echoed ultrasound wave into digital data. The novel method may further transmit the digital data. In some embodiments, the transmitting may be wireless. The novel device may include transducer elements, an analog-to-digital converter in communication with the transducer elements, and a transmitter in communication with the analog-to-digital converter. The transducers may operate to convert a first electrical energy into an ultrasound wave. The first electrical energy may or may not be beamformed. The transducers also may convert an echoed ultrasound wave into a second electrical energy.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2006Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.Inventors: Kevin S. Randall, Jodi Schwartz Klessel, Anthony P. Lannutti, Joseph A. Urbano, Raymond F. Weymer, Jr.
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Publication number: 20120141002Abstract: Embodiments contemplate methods and systems for determining an image performance measurement in an ultrasound system. Embodiments contemplate that data may be received from a remote unit of an ultrasound imaging system. One or more determinations of the measure of performance of an image may be made, where the image may be derivable from at least part of the data. The measure of image performance may be displayed on a main unit of the ultrasound imaging system.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2011Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: PENRITH CORPORATIONInventors: Joseph A. Urbano, Kevin S. Randall, Anthony P. Lannutti, Michael G. Cannon, George C. Ku
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Patent number: 8079263Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include a method, system, and device for conducting ultrasound interrogation of a medium. The novel method includes transmitting a non-beamformed or beamformed ultrasound wave into the medium, receiving more than one echoed ultrasound wave from the medium, and converting the received echoed ultrasound wave into digital data. The novel method may further transmit the digital data. In some embodiments, the transmitting may be wireless. The novel device may include transducer elements, an analog-to-digital converter in communication with the transducer elements, and a transmitter in communication with the analog-to-digital converter. The transducers may operate to convert a first electrical energy into an ultrasound wave. The first electrical energy may or may not be beamformed. The transducers also may convert an echoed ultrasound wave into a second electrical energy.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2006Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: Penrith CorporationInventors: Kevin S. Randall, Jodi Schwartz Klessel, Anthony P. Lannutti, Joseph A. Urbano, Raymond F. Weymer, Jr.
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Patent number: 7984651Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include a method, system, and device for conducting ultrasound interrogation of a medium. The novel method includes transmitting a non-beamformed or beamformed ultrasound wave into the medium, receiving more than one echoed ultrasound wave from the medium, and converting the received echoed ultrasound wave into digital data. The novel method may further transmit the digital data. In some embodiments, the transmitting may be wireless. The novel device may include transducer elements, an analog-to-digital converter in communication with the transducer elements, and a transmitter in communication with the analog-to-digital converter. The transducers may operate to convert a first electrical energy into an ultrasound wave. The first electrical energy may or may not be beamformed. The transducers also may convert an echoed ultrasound wave into a second electrical energy.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2006Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: Penrith CorporationInventors: Kevin S. Randall, Jodi Schwartz Klessel, Anthony P. Lannutti, Joseph A. Urbano
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Publication number: 20080188747Abstract: The embodiments contemplate systems and methods for detecting moving tissue within an object. In one such method, a first and second ultrasound pulse are transmitted at a first sample volume within an object. A first echo signal of the first ultrasound pulse is received from the first sample volume and a second echo signal of the second ultrasound pulse is received from the first sample volume. An estimate of position displacement data of the first sample volume is computed from the first and second echo signals, and the estimate of position displacement data is compared to a predetermined position displacement data threshold indicative of moving tissue. A determination is made, based on the comparison, whether the first sample volume corresponds to moving tissue and, based on the determination, the transmitting, receiving, computing and determining is repeated for a second sample volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2007Publication date: August 7, 2008Applicant: Penrith CorporationInventors: Kevin S. Randall, Joseph A. Urbano, Lawrence A. Engle, Anthony P. Lannutti, Jodi Schwartz Klessel, Raymond F. Weymer, Michael G. Cannon
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Publication number: 20080188750Abstract: The embodiments contemplate systems and methods for detecting moving tissue within an object. In one such method, a transducer is directed to transmit a first and second ultrasound pulse at a sample volume within a patient. A first and second echo signal of the first and second ultrasound pulses, which contain information related to the sample volume, are received from the transducer, and a location and type of blood vessel located within the sample volume is determined from the information. The located blood vessel information is then processed to create at least one of a visual representation of the blood vessel type.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2007Publication date: August 7, 2008Applicant: Penrith CorporationInventors: Kevin S. Randall, Joseph A. Urbano, Lawrence A. Engle, Anthony P. Lannutti, Jodi Schwartz Klessel, Raymond F. Weymer, Michael G. Cannon
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Publication number: 20080188752Abstract: The embodiments contemplate systems and methods for detecting moving tissue within an object. In one such method, a transducer is directed to transmit a first and second ultrasound pulse at a sample volume within a patient. The transducer receives a first and second echo signal of the first and second ultrasound pulses containing information related to the sample volume. A determination is made from the information as to the location and type of blood vessel located within the sample volume, and the located blood vessel information is processed to create an audio representation of the blood flow within the located blood vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2007Publication date: August 7, 2008Applicant: Penrith CorporationInventors: Kevin S. Randall, Joseph A. Urbano, Lawrence A. Engle, Anthony P. Lannutti, Jodi Schwartz Klessel, Raymond F. Weymer, Michael G. Cannon
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Publication number: 20080139944Abstract: Preferred embodiments of devices for covering an ultrasound probe can include a membrane, such as a sheath, having one or more ultrasonic couplers attached thereto for transferring ultrasonic energy between the ultrasound probe and a body surface of a patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2006Publication date: June 12, 2008Inventors: Raymond F. Weymer, Michael G. Cannon, Lawrence A. Engle, Jodi Schwartz Klessel, Anthony P. Lannutti, Kevin S. Randall, Joseph A. Urbano
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Publication number: 20080112265Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include a method, system, and device for conducting ultrasound interrogation of a medium. The novel method includes transmitting a non-beamformed or beamformed ultrasound wave into the medium, receiving more than one echoed ultrasound wave from the medium, and converting the received echoed ultrasound wave into digital data. The novel method may further transmit the digital data. In some embodiments, the transmitting may be wireless. The novel device may include transducer elements, an analog-to-digital converter in communication with the transducer elements, and a transmitter in communication with the analog-to-digital converter. The transducers may operate to convert a first electrical energy into an ultrasound wave. The first electrical energy may or may not be beamformed. The transducers also may convert an echoed ultrasound wave into a second electrical energy.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2006Publication date: May 15, 2008Applicant: Penrith CorporationInventors: Joseph A. Urbano, Jodi Schwartz Klessel, Anthony P. Lannutti, Kevin S. Randall, Raymond F. Weymer
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Publication number: 20080110266Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include a method, system, and device for conducting ultrasound interrogation of a medium. The novel method includes transmitting a non-beamformed or beamformed ultrasound wave into the medium, receiving more than one echoed ultrasound wave from the medium, and converting the received echoed ultrasound wave into digital data. The novel method may further transmit the digital data. In some embodiments, the transmitting may be wireless. The novel device may include transducer elements, an analog-to-digital converter in communication with the transducer elements, and a transmitter in communication with the analog-to-digital converter. The transducers may operate to convert a first electrical energy into an ultrasound wave. The first electrical energy may or may not be beamformed. The transducers also may convert an echoed ultrasound wave into a second electrical energy.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2006Publication date: May 15, 2008Applicant: Penrith CorporationInventors: Kevin S. Randall, Jodi Schwartz Klessel, Anthony P. Lannutti, Joseph A. Urbano
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Publication number: 20080114253Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include a method, system, and device for conducting ultrasound interrogation of a medium. The novel method includes transmitting a non-beamformed or beamformed ultrasound wave into the medium, receiving more than one echoed ultrasound wave from the medium, and converting the received echoed ultrasound wave into digital data. The novel method may further transmit the digital data. In some embodiments, the transmitting may be wireless. The novel device may include transducer elements, an analog-to-digital converter in communication with the transducer elements, and a transmitter in communication with the analog-to-digital converter. The transducers may operate to convert a first electrical energy into an ultrasound wave. The first electrical energy may or may not be beamformed. The transducers also may convert an echoed ultrasound wave into a second electrical energy.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2006Publication date: May 15, 2008Applicant: Penrith CorporationInventors: Kevin S. Randall, Jodi Schwartz Klessel, Anthony P. Lannutti, Joseph A. Urbano, Raymond F. Weymer
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Publication number: 20080114251Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include a method, system, and device for conducting ultrasound interrogation of a medium. The novel method includes transmitting a non-beamformed or beamformed ultrasound wave into the medium, receiving more than one echoed ultrasound wave from the medium, and converting the received echoed ultrasound wave into digital data. The novel method may further transmit the digital data. In some embodiments, the transmitting may be wireless. The novel device may include transducer elements, an analog-to-digital converter in communication with the transducer elements, and a transmitter in communication with the analog-to-digital converter. The transducers may operate to convert a first electrical energy into an ultrasound wave. The first electrical energy may or may not be beamformed. The transducers also may convert an echoed ultrasound wave into a second electrical energy.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2006Publication date: May 15, 2008Applicant: Penrith CorporationInventors: Raymond F. Weymer, Jodi Schwartz Klessel, Anthony P. Lannutti, Kevin S. Randall, Joseph A. Urbano