Patents by Inventor Terrance R. Doherty

Terrance R. Doherty 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: 20140155752
    Abstract: A hand held ultrasonic instrument is provided in a portable unit which performs both B mode and Doppler imaging. The instrument includes a transducer array mounted in a hand-held enclosure, with an integrated circuit transceiver connected to the elements of the array for the reception of echo signals. A digital signal processing circuit performs both B mode and Doppler signal processing such as filtering, detection and Doppler estimation, as well as advanced functions such as assembly of multiple zone focused scanlines, synthetic aperture formation, depth dependent filtering, speckle reduction, flash suppression, and frame averaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM SONOSITE, INC.
    Inventors: Juin-Jet Hwang, Geoffrey H. Jones, Terrance R. Doherty, Lauren S. Pflugrath
  • Patent number: 8216146
    Abstract: A hand held ultrasonic instrument is provided in a portable unit which performs both B mode and Doppler imaging. The instrument includes a transducer array mounted in a hand-held enclosure, with an integrated circuit transceiver connected to the elements of the array for the reception of echo signals. A digital signal processing circuit performs both B mode and Doppler signal processing such as filtering, detection and Doppler estimation, as well as advanced functions such as assembly of multiple zone focused scanlines, synthetic aperture formation, depth dependent filtering, speckle reduction, flash suppression, and frame averaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: SonoSite, Inc.
    Inventors: Juin-Jet Hwang, Geoffrey H. Jones, Terrance R. Doherty, Lauren S. Pflugrath
  • Patent number: 7740586
    Abstract: A hand held ultrasonic instrument is provided in a portable unit which performs both B mode and Doppler imaging. The instrument includes a transducer array mounted in a hand-held enclosure, with an integrated circuit transceiver connected to the elements of the array for the reception of echo signals. A digital signal processing circuit performs both B mode and Doppler signal processing such as filtering, detection and Doppler estimation, as well as advanced functions such as assembly of multiple zone focused scanlines, synthetic aperture formation, depth dependent filtering, speckle reduction, flash suppression, and frame averaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: SonoSite, Inc.
    Inventors: Juin-Jet Hwang, Geoffrey H. Jones, Terrance R. Doherty, Lauren S. Pflugrath
  • Publication number: 20100121196
    Abstract: A hand held ultrasonic instrument is provided in a portable unit which performs both B mode and Doppler imaging. The instrument includes a transducer array mounted in a hand-held enclosure, with an integrated circuit transceiver connected to the elements of the array for the reception of echo signals. A digital signal processing circuit performs both B mode and Doppler signal processing such as filtering, detection and Doppler estimation, as well as advanced functions such as assembly of multiple zone focused scanlines, synthetic aperture formation, depth dependent filtering, speckle reduction, flash suppression, and frame averaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: SonoSite, Inc.
    Inventors: Juin-Jet Hwang, Geoffrey H. Jones, Terrance R. Doherty, Lauren S. Pflugrath
  • Patent number: 7604596
    Abstract: A hand held ultrasonic instrument is provided in a portable unit which performs both B mode and Doppler imaging. The instrument includes a transducer array mounted in a hand-held enclosure, with an integrated circuit transceiver connected to the elements of the array for the reception of echo signals. A digital signal processing circuit performs both B mode and Doppler signal processing such as filtering, detection and Doppler estimation, as well as advanced functions such as assembly of multiple zone focused scanlines, synthetic aperture formation, depth dependent filtering, speckle reduction, flash suppression, and frame averaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: SonoSite, Inc.
    Inventors: Juin- Jet Hwang, Geoffrey H. Jones, Terrance R. Doherty, Lauren S. Pflugrath