Patent ID: 8784320
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An ultrasound assembly, comprising: i. a garment configured to be affixed to a portion of a living body; ii. at least one ultrasound transducer having a fixed position on said garment and configured to provide at least one of: iii. an ultrasound processing unit operatively associated with said at least one ultrasound transducer and configured to process said ultrasound signals following passage through the living body; and iv. an ultrasound operator-interface unit operatively associated with said ultrasound processing unit and configured to provide information with respect to said ultrasound signals following passage through the living body, wherein said at least one transducer comprises at least one transducer array; including an ultrasound beam-forming unit configured to produce ultrasound beam propagation wherein at least one of: i. at least one sub-array; ii. said at least one array; iii. a plurality of transducer arrays; and iv. said at least one transducer are configured to provide beams consisting of at least one of: said ultrasound processing unit includes a software module configured to process information from said provided beams, wherein said system includes at least one of: i. a plurality of sub-arrays; and ii. said plurality of transducer arrays, and wherein said ultrasound processing unit includes a software module configured to compound signals received to produce at least one output dataset.