Patent CA-3093250-A1 (CA)
Title: Thumb-dominant ultrasound imaging system
Inventor: AKKARAJU SANDEEP
IPC: H04M1/72412
Filed: 2019-03-01
Abstract: CA 3093250 2020-09-03 (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property 111111 11011E1 111111010 1111111111 110 1011101011 111 111111111 1111011 111110 1111 111111 Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date WO 2019/173152 Al 12 September 2019 (12.09.2019) WIPO I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, A61B 8/00 (2006.01) A61B 8/08 (2006.01) KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA. MD, ME, HO4M I/725 (2006.01) MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, (21) International Application Number: SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, PCT/U52019/020338 TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (22) International Filing Date: (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every 01 March 2019 (01.03.2019) kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, (25) Filing Language: English GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, (26) Publication Language: English TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, (30) Priority Data: EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IIR, HU, fE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, 62/638,471 05 March 2018 (05.03.2018) US MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, (71) Applicant: EXO IMAGING, INC. [US/US]; 333 Pali KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Court, Oakland, California 94611 (US). (72) Inventor: AKKARAJU, Sandeep; 333 Pali Court, Oak- Declarations under Rule 4.17: land, California 94611 (US). ¨ as to applicant's entitlement to apply for and be granted a patent (Rule 4.I7(ii)) (74) Agent: BURKETTE, Scott L.; WILSON SONSINI as to the applicant's entitlement to claim the priority of the GOODRICH & ROSATI, 650 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, earlier application (Rule 4.17(iii)) California 94304 (US). Published: (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every with international search report (Art. 21(3)) kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, __ - (54) Title: THUMB-DOM1NANT ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM (57) Abstract: Disclosed herein are portable ultrasound irnaging systems for thumb-dom-inant operations comprising: a portable ultrasound probe, wherein the portable ultrasound Fig. 9A probe is configured to be operable using a first band of the user; a mobile device com--prising a mobile application installed thereon, the mobile application comprising a user interface, the mobile application configured to be operable using a second hand of the user and; and direct electronic connnunication between the portable ultrasound probe and the mobile device, the direct electronic communication configured to allow a user to control : an operation of the portable ultrasound probe for imaging via user interaction with the - 902a user interface. 9020 90/ 901 r=1 kr; t _____ ...=:? = rUAKIE :..A.V1k6d C21 CI Date Recue/Date Received 2020-09-03