Patents by Inventor Ricardo Paulo dos Santos Mendonca

Ricardo Paulo dos Santos Mendonca 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).

  • IN-DEVICE FUSION OF OPTICAL AND INERTIAL POSITIONAL TRACKING OF ULTRASOUND PROBES
    Publication number: 20160317122
    Abstract: An apparatus for noninvasive medical ultrasonography includes one or more ultrasonic transducers, one or more inertial sensors, one or more optical sensors, and a processor communicatively coupled with the ultrasonic transducers, the inertial sensors and the optical sensors. The processor is configured to estimate a position of the apparatus based on a combination of signals received from the ultrasonic transducers, the inertial sensors and the optical sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Ricardo Paulo dos Santos Mendonca, Patrik Nils Lundqvist, Rashid Ahmed Akbar Attar, Rajeev Jain, Padmapriya Jagannathan
  • SMART DEVICE FOR ULTRASOUND IMAGING
    Publication number: 20160317127
    Abstract: An ultrasonic imaging probe includes one or more ultrasonic transducers and one or more processors communicatively coupled with the one or more ultrasonic transducers. The one or more processors are configured to receive data from the one or more ultrasonic transducers and establish settings of the ultrasonic imaging probe based on the received data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Ricardo Paulo dos Santos Mendonca, Patrik Nils Lundqvist, Rashid Ahmed Akbar Attar, Rajeev Jain, Padmapriya Jagannathan