Patents by Inventor Donald M. Brewer

Donald M. Brewer 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: 20240108311
    Abstract: A Multiple Aperture Ultrasound Imaging (MAUI) probe or transducer is uniquely capable of simultaneous imaging of a region of interest from separate apertures of ultrasound arrays. Some embodiments provide systems and methods for designing, building and using ultrasound probes having continuous arrays of ultrasound transducers which may have a substantially continuous concave curved shape in two or three dimensions (i.e., concave relative to an object to be imaged). Other embodiments herein provide systems and methods for designing, building and using ultrasound imaging probes having other unique configurations, such as adjustable probes and probes with variable configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: David M. SMITH, Donald F. SPECHT, Linda V. CABRERA, Kenneth D. BREWER, David J. SPECHT
  • Publication number: 20240081787
    Abstract: A method of full-field or “ping-based” Doppler ultrasound imaging allows for detection of Doppler signals indicating moving reflectors at any point in an imaging field without the need to predefine range gates. In various embodiments, such whole-field Doppler imaging methods may include transmitting a Doppler ping from a transmit aperture, receiving echoes of the Doppler ping with one or more separate receive apertures, detecting Doppler signals and determining the speed of moving reflectors. In some embodiments, the system also provides the ability to determine the direction of motion by solving a set of simultaneous equations based on echo data received by multiple receive apertures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Donald F. SPECHT, Kenneth D. BREWER, David M. SMITH, Josef R. CALL, Viet Nam LE, Bruce R. RITZI
  • Patent number: 6241868
    Abstract: A method for electroplating a film onto a substrate. Electrical power is supplied to the plating surface through electrical contact made to contact pads on the underside of the substrate. Contact to the contact pads is made within a liquid-tight region. The contact pads are connected to the plating surface through the substrate. Because the contact scheme is provided within a liquid-tight region on the underside of the substrate, the contacts do not erode or become plated, nor do they consume an area of the plating surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Glen N. Biggs, Donald M. Brewer, James E. Fluegel, Suryanarayana Kaja, Ashwani K. Malhotra, Phillip W. Palmatier
  • Patent number: 6077405
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for electroplating a film onto a substrate. Electrical power is supplied to the plating surface through electrical contact made to contact pads on the underside of the substrate. Contact to the contact pads is made within a liquid-tight region. The contact pads are connected to the plating surface through the substrate. Because the contact scheme is provided within a liquid-tight region on the underside of the substrate, the contacts do not erode or become plated, nor do they consume an area of the plating surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Glen N. Biggs, Donald M. Brewer, James E. Fluegel, Suryanarayana Kaja, Ashwani K. Malhotra, Phillip W. Palmatier