| ALPINION MEDICAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD. Patent applications |
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| 20160109563 | BEAMFORMING APPARATUS, ULTRASOUND IMAGING APPARATUS, AND BEAMFORMING METHOD - A beamforming apparatus, an ultrasound imaging apparatus, and a beamforming method are disclosed. The beamforming apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment may include a filter to select predetermined first columns, which correspond to low-frequency components, among columns that composes a transform function; and a beamforming processor to transform an input signal to another space by using a transform function composed of the predetermined selected first columns, and generate a beam signal through signal processing in the transformed space. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20150374342 | METHOD FOR FOCAL POINT COMPENSATION, AND ULTRASONIC MEDICAL APPARATUS THEREFOR - A method and an ultrasound medical apparatus for compensating for a focal point are disclosed. A method and an ultrasound medical apparatus are provided, for transmitting a high-intensity ultrasound having an intensity lower than a predetermined output value to a target object (an affected area of a patient) in a manner that no errors are generated between a focal point on the target object and an actual ultrasound focusing location when transmitting a high-intensity focused ultrasound and compensating a distance of the focal point by using a reflected signal of the ultrasound. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150374331 | ULTRASONIC PROBE - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an ultrasonic cavity probe including a grip configured to be held by a user, a lens unit having a predetermined curvature radius, and configured to be inserted into a bodily cavity and to be brought into contact with a skin inside the bodily cavity, a head unit including a first side for mounting the lens unit and rounded corners, and a connecting portion configured to connect the head unit and the grip and to make a first angle with the head unit. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150221859 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ULTRASOUND PROBE USING DEPOLED PIEZOELECTRIC BODY - The present disclosure of at least one embodiment provides a method for manufacturing ultrasound probes comprising a machining process, the method including depoling a piezoelectric element as a material for the ultrasonic probes before the machining process. | 08-06-2015 |
| 20150174873 | METHOD FOR ALIGNING COMPOSITE AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - At least one embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a composite. The composite manufacturing comprises dicing a first material to provide a first slab having multiple posts, at least one alignment post, and multiple kerfs; dicing a second material to provide a second slab having multiple posts and multiple kerfs; coupling the first and second slabs so that they are intermeshed; and filling a kerf material in between each of the posts of the first slab and corresponding one of the posts of the second slab, wherein the alignment post is disposed on both edges or one of the edges of the first slab in a direction along which the posts and the kerfs are arranged, and is wider than each of the posts of the first slab such that the alignment post fits with a corresponding kerf of the second slab. | 06-25-2015 |
| 20150011880 | METHOD USING TRANSMITTED AND RECEIVED SIGNALS FOR FORMING ULTRASONIC IMAGES FOR ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS, AND HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASONIC THERAPEUTIC DEVICE PERFORMING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a method for forming ultrasonic images using transmitted and received signals for ultrasonic diagnosis and a HIFU therapeutic device performing the same. The HIFU therapeutic device includes a transceiver for transmitting a diagnostic ultrasound to a subject, and receive a reflected subject ultrasonic echo signal to form a received signal; an image processor for forming a B-mode image based on the received signal and output the B-mode image through a display unit; an ultrasonic wave generator for transmitting a high intensity ultrasound to a specific area of the subject; and a control unit for enabling the transceiver and the ultrasonic wave generator to control transmission periods of the diagnostic ultrasound and the high-intensity ultrasound wave based on information on at least one of a prescribed HIFU PRF (Pulse Repetition Frequency) and duty ratio and a PRF disable signal generated by the ultrasonic wave generator. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20140323872 | SCAN CONVERTER AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD CAPABLE OF REAL-TIME INTERPOLATION WITHOUT DIRECTIONAL DISTORTION - The present disclosure in one or more embodiments provides a scan converter, an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, and a method capable of performing real-time interpolation without directional distortion. An embodiment of the present disclosure prevents directional distortion of velocity data by performing vector interpolation by using a weight according to distances of four adjacent complex signals in color flow-mode (C-mode) and achieves real-time scan conversion by constructing a lookup table for vector interpolation. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140321244 | ULTRASONIC WAVE TRANSDUCER USING A SIGNAL PATHWAY-INTEGRATED HOUSING - The present disclosure relates to an ultrasonic wave transducer using a signal pathway-integrated housing. The ultrasonic wave transducer includes: a housing serving as a handle; an array including a plurality of piezoelectric elements disposed in parallel to each other on a back material and a flexible circuit board having a pattern electrically connected to the piezoelectric elements; and a cable assembly including a plurality of fine wires. Signal paths for electrically connecting the pattern circuit of the flexible circuit board to the fine wires are integrated with the housing. Thus, the necessary space within a scanhead can be minimized to improve the degree of freedom in ergonomic design and to provide an ultrasonic wave transducer having a small-sized handle and excellent gripping properties. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140316276 | BACKING ELEMENT AND ULTRASOUND PROBE INCLUDING SAME - The present disclosure in some embodiment provides a backing member for an ultrasonic probe that is disposed on a rear surface of a piezoelectric element constituting the ultrasonic probe to attenuate ultrasonic waves radiated from the rear surface of the piezoelectric element, the backing member including a mixture of a base member and a filler, wherein the base member is a polyurethane resin and the filler is manganese powder, whereby the backing member has appropriate sound absorption function and excellent dicing processability and provides an ultrasonic probe including the backing member. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140194058 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE AND POWER CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - An implantable medical device includes a secondary coil for receiving an RF signal from the external terminal by an induced electromotive force excited by an external terminal primary coil. RF signal includes a power signal for energizing the medical device and data signal generated upon modulation of the power signal for use in controlling the medical device. The implantable medical device further comprises: a power processing block for converting the received power signal into DC for use by the implantable medical device; a data communication circuit activated by the DC supplied from the power processing block for demodulating the modulated data signal from the RF signal; a charge unit for charging a battery with the DC supplied from the power processing block; and a control unit to be operative by a power supply from the battery for controlling the implantable medical device according to the demodulated data signal. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140128737 | VECTOR INTERPOLATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AN ULTRASONIC WAVE IMAGE - An apparatus and method for a vector interpolation of an ultrasound image are provided. The apparatus includes a probe, beam former, demodulator and interpolation processor. The probe converts an electric signal into an ultrasound signal, transmits the ultrasound signal to an object, and converts a reflected ultrasound signal from the object into a reflected electric signal. The beam former forms a receive-focused signal based on the electric signal converted from the reflected ultrasound signal by the probe. The demodulator demodulates the receive-focused signal for forming I data corresponding to in-phase components and Q data corresponding to quadrature-phase components. And the interpolation processor performs a vector interpolation with 1:M weighting (M is a natural number) between different complex-valued signals, based on the I data and the Q data. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20130282040 | TREATMENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME - The present disclosure in some embodiments provides a medical device and to a method of operating the medical device. The medical device, comprising: a monitoring information processor configured to process and display cardiovascular information acquired through diagnosing or monitoring a target area of a patent body; a comparison unit configured to compare at least one values selected from the cardiovascular information with at least one threshold values; a cardiovascular information analysis unit configured to analyze the cardiovascular information provided depending on the result of comparison performed by the comparison unit and to produce an analysis result; and a therapeutic parameter setup unit configured to generate a setup information based on a part or all of the cardiovascular information and the analysis result and to generate therapeutic pulses for adjusting a level of a treatment on the patient body according to the setup information. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130274604 | COLOR FLOW IMAGING METHOD, AND ULTRASONIC DEVICE THEREFOR - A color flow imaging method and an ultrasonic imaging system are provided. The ultrasonic imaging system includes: a transceiver unit configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave signal for acquisition of a C-mode image to a subject and receive an ultrasonic wave echo signal reflected from the subject; a storage unit configured to store the received echo signal; a control unit configured to output an interpolated signal by interpolating ensembles of at least one scan line for acquisition of the C-mode image identified based on the received echo signal; and an image processor configured to form the C-mode image based on the interpolated signal and to output the C-mode image on a display unit. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130253327 | PROBE HAVING SEPARABLE SCANHEAD - The invention relates to a probe that is comprised in an ultrasonic diagnostic system, wherein the probe comprises: a scanhead which includes a housing that functions as a handle, a transducer that is installed on one side of the housing, a tuning board that is accommodated within the housing and has one side connected with a PCB of the transducer, and a board connection-connector that is connected with the other side of the tuning board; and a cable assembly which has one end on which a scanhead connector detachably coupled with the board-connection connector is positioned, and has the other end on which a system connector is placed. Since the scanhead can be separated from the cable assembly such that the scanhead can be replaced, overall convenience of a user is improved greatly, and consequently, the ultrasonic diagnostic system can be miniaturized and carried in a portable form. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130219317 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes: a control panel including a plurality of character input keys provided for character input, and one or more function selection keys provided for function selection; a selection menu providing unit for providing a selection menu for selecting a character type corresponding to the character input keys of the control panel and a function type corresponding to the function selection keys of the control panel; and a control unit for performing a control operation for inputting a character corresponding to a selected character type or executing a function corresponding to a selected function type, in response to one or more of the character type and the function type selected from the selection menu. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130090558 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS DEVICE, GRAPHIC ENVIRONMENT CONTROL DEVICE FOR USE THEREIN, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, a graphic environment control device for use therein, and a control method therefor are provided. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes: a touch panel for detecting an operator's touch position; a display for displaying images in response to ultrasonic waves radiated from a probe and reflections of the ultrasonic waves; and a graphic control unit for displaying an input panel layout corresponding to the touch panel on the display, selecting a position on the input panel layout corresponding to a touch position detected by the touch panel, and performing a control operation corresponding to the position selected on the input panel layout. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20120204416 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A PASSIVE COMPONENT FOR AN ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER - The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for manufacturing a passive component for an acoustic transducer, wherein a mixture of metal oxide filler with an epoxy resin is subjected to ultrasonic wave generated and followed by an addition of a hardener to cast the passive component for the acoustic transducer. Mixing the materials with the ultrasonic wave improves the dispersion of the metal oxide filler over conventional passive components, thus enabling the passive component to have uniform surfaces, resulting in improved sound velocity and attenuation characteristics with acoustic transducers that use the passive component manufactured by the present disclosure. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120123269 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASONIC SCANNER - The present disclosure provides a precise performance three-dimensional ultrasound scanner that is lightweight for an easy hold by suggesting a novel constitution of a swing mechanism wherein an arrangement of the drive motor perpendicular to the swing axis requires a smaller capacity motor and eliminating a backlash. The swing mechanism includes: an arm holder connected to a rotational axis of the motor; an arm connected to the arm holder so that the arm swings within a certain angular range; a link, attached to the arm, for moving in unison with the arm; a shaft, connected to the link, for transmitting a rotary power of the arm to the transducer unit. The swing mechanism can be operated using the smaller capacity motor and eliminates the need for a pulley, gear or belt eliminating backlashes to promote implementation of lightweight precision three-dimensional ultrasound scanners. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120116225 | METHOD FOR GENERATING TRANSVERSE ELASTIC WAVES, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING IMAGES USING TRANSVERSE ELASTIC WAVES - The present invention relates to a method for generating transverse elastic waves, a method and apparatus for acquiring images using the transverse elastic waves. The present disclosure provides a technique for generating transverse elastic waves by focusing the ultrasonic waves respectively on a number of focal points which are virtually present in a viscoelastic medium and also become wave sources of the transverse elastic waves, and controlling the generated transverse elastic waves to have peak positions with their overlapping points residing and translating in two line segments extending in parallel or at an acute angle to facilitate increasing elastic deformations of the viscoelastic medium to an appropriate level, and thus acquiring images with improved accuracy in the viscoelastic medium. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120092334 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A REAL-TIME MULTI-VIEW THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASONIC IMAGE USER INTERFACE FOR ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to an ultrasonic diagnosis system. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for a real-time multi-view three-dimensional ultrasonic image user interface for an ultrasonic diagnosis system which can render three-dimensional volume data of an object obtained by three-dimensional ultrasonographic imaging into three-dimensional image data from each of a plurality of virtual viewpoints, and display the object from each of the viewpoints simultaneously on a real-time basis. | 04-19-2012 |
