Patents by Inventor Nick Bottenus

Nick Bottenus 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).

  • Synthetic aperture ultrasound system
    Patent number: 10349917
    Abstract: A synthetic aperture ultrasound system includes an ultrasound probe, and an ultrasound signal processor configured to communicate with the ultrasound probe to receive phase and amplitude information from a plurality of ultrasonic echo signals from a corresponding plurality of ultrasound pulses. The synthetic aperture ultrasound system also includes a positioning system configured to communicate with the ultrasound signal processor to provide probe position information. The positioning system is configured to determine a first position and a second position of the ultrasound probe relative to a region of interest. The ultrasound signal processor is further configured to coherently sum, utilizing the probe position information, at least one of the plurality of ultrasonic echo signals from the first position with at least one of the plurality of ultrasonic echo signals from the second position to provide a synthetic aperture that is larger than a physical aperture of the ultrasound probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignees: The Johns Hopkins University, Duke University
    Inventors: Emad M. Boctor, Gregg Trahey, Nick Bottenus, Haichong Zhang
  • SYNTHETIC APERTURE ULTRASOUND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150359512
    Abstract: A synthetic aperture ultrasound system includes an ultrasound probe, and an ultrasound signal processor configured to communicate with the ultrasound probe to receive phase and amplitude information from a plurality of ultrasonic echo signals from a corresponding plurality of ultrasound pulses. The synthetic aperture ultrasound system also includes a positioning system configured to communicate with the ultrasound signal processor to provide probe position information. The positioning system is configured to determine a first position and a second position of the ultrasound probe relative to a region of interest. The ultrasound signal processor is further configured to coherently sum, utilizing the probe position information, at least one of the plurality of ultrasonic echo signals from the first position with at least one of the plurality of ultrasonic echo signals from the second position to provide a synthetic aperture that is larger than a physical aperture of the ultrasound probe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Emad M. Boctor, Gregg Trahey, Nick Bottenus, Haichong Zhang