Patents

Commercially licensed patents and patent applications

  1. Zhao H, Song P, Urban MW, Kinnick RR, Manduca A, Greenleaf JF, Chen S, “System and Method for Measurement of Shear Wave Speed from Multi-directional Wave Fields,” US Patent No. 9,622,711, Japan Patent No. 6002845, China Patent No. 2014800012. (Issued in US, Japan, and China, pending in EU).
  2. Greenleaf JF, Chen S, Song P, Manduca A, “System and Method for Shear Wave Elastography by Transmitting Ultrasound with Subgroups of Ultrasound Transducer Elements,” US Patent No. 10,624,609B2, Japan Patent No. 5973060, China Patent No. 2013800249. (Issued in China, Japan and US, pending in EU).
  3. Greenleaf JF, Chen S, Song P, Manduca A, “Ultrasound Vibrometry with Unfocused Ultrasound”, China Patent No. 2012800201, Japan Patent No. 6067590, Korean Patent No. 10-1929198, Brazil Patent No. 1120130217910. (Issued in China, Japan, Korea and Brazil, pending in US, EU).
  4. Gong P, Song P, Trzasko JD, Chen S, “Methods for Ultrasound System Independent Attenuation Coefficient Estimation,” US 2020/0146656 A1, Europe-EPO 18740459.5, China CN 201880042117.2 (2017). (Issued in EU)
  5. Gong P, Chen S, Song P, “Noise Reduction and Quality Control Methods for Robust Attenuation Coefficient Estimation,” PCT/US2020/012325 (2018).
  6. Song P, Trzasko JD, Manduca A, Chen S, “Methods for Super-Resolution Ultrasound Imaging of Microvessels,” US 2020/0178939 A1, China 201880036304.X, Europe-EPO 18733072.5 (2018).
  7. Huang C, Song P, Chen S, Trzasko JD, Manduca A, Lowerison MR, “Super-Resolution Microvessel Imaging Using Separate Subsets of Ultrasound Data,” PCT/US2020/037763.

Other patents and applications

  1. Islam R, Lavrov IA, Chen S, Song P, “Functional Ultrasound Imaging for Spinal Cord Stimulation Electrode Guidance and Stimulation Parameter Optimation,” PCT/US20/53140, 2020.
  2. Song P, Zou J, Lowerison MR, Dong Z, Li S, “Systems and Methods for Fast Acoustic Steering via Tilting Electromechanical Reflectors,” PCT/US/17/237,011 (2019).
  3. Song P, Chen S, Manduca A, Tang S, Trzasko JD, “Systems and Methods for Kalman Filter-Based Microvessel Inpainting for Super-Resolution Imaging,” US 17/286,681, China CN 201980069030.9 (2018).
  4. Song P, Huang C, Chen S, Manduca A, Trzasko JD, “Systems and Methods for Removing Noise-Induced Bias in Ultrasound Blood Flow Imaging,” US 17/260,793, Europe-EPO 19749518.7, China CN 201980060384.7 (2018).
  5. Gong P, Chen S, Song P, “Methods for Encoded Multi-Pulse Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound Imaging,” US 2021/0085293 A1, Europe-EPO 18752971.4, China CN 201880049294.3 (2017).
  6. Song P, Chen S, “Methods for Harmonic Shear Wave Detection with Low Frame Rate Ultrasound,” US 2020/0275913 A1 (2018).
  7. Song P, Trzasko JD, Manduca A, Chen S, “System and Method for Accelerated Clutter Filtering in Ultrasound Blood Flow Imaging Using Randomized Ultrasound Data,” US 2018/0220997 A1, Europe-EPO 18706044.7 (2018).
  8. Gong P, Song P, Chen S, “System and Method for Ultrafast Synthetic Transmit Aperture Ultrasound Imaging,” US2019/0261948 A1 (2016).
  9. Gong P, Song P, Chen S, “Delay-Encoded Harmonic Imaging With An Ultrasound System,” US 2020/0183004 A1 (2016).
  10. Song P, Trzasko JD, Manduca A, Chen S, “Ultrasound Blood Flow Imaging,” US2019/0053780 A1, EP 17756971.2 (2016). (Issued in EU)
  11. Chen S, Song P, Mellema DC, Greenleaf JF, Manduca A, Urban MW, “System and Methods for Ultrasound Elastography with Continuous Transducer Vibration,” US2018/0296191 A1, Europe-EPO 16854283.5, China CN 201680058937.1 (2014) (Issued in EU, pending in US, Japan, and China).
  12. Chen S, Greenleaf JF, Mellema DC, Song P, “Method for Ultrasound Elastography through Continuous Vibration of an Ultrasound Transducer,” US Patent No. 10,779,799B2, China CN 201580059146.6, Europe-EPO 15855110.1 (2015) (Issued in US).
  13. Urban MW, Nabavizadeh A, Song P, Greenleaf JF, Chen S, “System and Method for Shear Wave Generation with Steered Ultrasound Push Beams,” US Patent No. 9,883,851B2 (Issued in US).