Patents by Inventor Michael Ledwidge

Michael Ledwidge 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 and systems for color flow imaging of arteries and veins
    Patent number: 12594058
    Abstract: Various methods and systems for color flow ultrasound imaging of arteries and veins are provided. In one embodiment, a method comprises acquiring a color flow image, automatically identifying an artery and a vein within the color flow image, and adjusting at least one imaging parameter responsive to the automatic identification of the artery and the vein. In this way, flow velocities and volume flow in arteries and veins may be measured with minimal adjustments or input by a user, thereby increasing the accuracy and consistency of measurements and reducing the time needed for blood flow measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: Rimon Tadross, Michael Ledwidge
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC EXECUTION OF PRE-DEFINED ACTIONS BASED ON ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE SEGMENTATION AND SELECTION DURING ULTRASOUND IMAGING
    Publication number: 20260060659
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically executing pre-defined actions based on anatomical structure segmentation and selection during ultrasound imaging is provided. The method includes acquiring, by an ultrasound probe of an ultrasound system, first ultrasound image information according to a first mode. The first ultrasound image information includes a first mode ultrasound image depicting anatomical structures. The method includes processing, by at least one processor of the ultrasound system, the first mode ultrasound image to segment each of the anatomical structures depicted in the first mode ultrasound image. The method includes causing a display system to present the first mode ultrasound image. The method includes receiving a user interaction selecting one of the anatomical structures segmented in the first mode ultrasound image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2024
    Publication date: March 5, 2026
    Inventors: Doron Shaked, Eran Shahar, Yelena Tsymbalenko, Michael Ledwidge, Michael Washburn, Shunichiro Tanigawa, Amitay Lev
  • METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR COLOR FLOW IMAGING OF ARTERIES AND VEINS
    Publication number: 20200229795
    Abstract: Various methods and systems for color flow ultrasound imaging of arteries and veins are provided. In one embodiment, a method comprises acquiring a color flow image, automatically identifying an artery and a vein within the color flow image, and adjusting at least one imaging parameter responsive to the automatic identification of the artery and the vein. In this way, flow velocities and volume flow in arteries and veins may be measured with minimal adjustments or input by a user, thereby increasing the accuracy and consistency of measurements and reducing the time needed for blood flow measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Rimon Tadross, Michael Ledwidge