Patents by Inventor Mauro Fabiano

Mauro Fabiano 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).

  • Method for ultrasonic imaging, particularly of moving bodies, such as surgical utensils, tissues, flows, or the like
    Patent number: 6652460
    Abstract: A method for ultrasonic imaging, particularly of moving bodies, such as surgical utensils, tissues, flows, or the like, which includes the following steps:—Periodically emitting ultrasonic pulses along a predetermined view line and with a predetermined repetition rate through one or more transducers;—Receiving the echoes produced by the body and/or the tissues or flows and transforming them into echo signals;—Processing the echo signals for extracting information therefrom and for generating an image based on such information. According the invention, the following steps are additionally provided:—determining a real time vector difference between the echo signals of two pulses successively emitted at predetermined time intervals;—using said difference signal as an information signal for ultrasonic imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Esaote, S.p.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Pellegretti, Mauro Fabiano, Marco Merlanti
  • Method for ultrasonic imaging, particularly of moving bodies, such as surgical utensils, tissues, flows, or the like
    Publication number: 20010044580
    Abstract: A method for ultrasonic imaging, particularly of moving bodies, such as surgical utensils, tissues, flows, or the like, which includes the following steps:—Periodically emitting ultrasonic pulses along a predetermined view line and with a predetermined repetition rate through one or more transducers;—Receiving the echoes produced by the body and/or the tissues or flows and transforming them into echo signals;—Processing the echo signals for extracting information therefrom and for generating an image based on such information. According the invention, the following steps are additionally provided:—determining a real time vector difference between the echo signals of two pulses successively emitted at predetermined time intervals;—using said difference signal as an information signal for ultrasonic imaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: Paolo Pellegretti, Mauro Fabiano, Marco Merlanti