Patent ID: 11937983
Assignee: BFLY OPERATIONS, INC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 8:
9. An apparatus, comprising:
a processing device in operative communication with an ultrasound device, the processing device configured to:
display on a touch-sensitive display screen of the processing device:
an ultrasound image; and
a movable measurement tool comprising an ellipse having an axis that is either a major axis or a minor axis of the ellipse, wherein the axis extends between a first vertex and a second vertex of the ellipse;
an icon that maintains a fixed distance from the first vertex of the ellipse along a direction defined by the axis; and

use the icon to control a rotation of the ellipse;
detect a dragging movement covering distance in a horizontal direction and/or a distance in a vertical direction across the touch-sensitive display screen, wherein the dragging movement begins in an interior of the ellipse or within a threshold distance of a boundary of the ellipse; and
cause a display the first vertex and the second vertex at new locations on the touch-sensitive display screen that are removed from their previous locations by the distance in the horizontal direction and/or the distance in the vertical direction.