Patents

Commercially licensed patents and 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, China, and 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, US Patent No. 11,058,398B2 (Divisional), US Patent No. 11,672,508B2, Japan Patent No. 5973060, China Patent No. 2013800249. (Issued in China, Japan, US, and EU).
  3. Greenleaf JF, Chen S, Song P, Manduca A, “Ultrasound Vibrometry with Unfocused Ultrasound”, US 11,172,910B2, China Patent No. 2012800201, Japan Patent No. 6067590, Korean Patent No. 10-1929198, Brazil Patent No. 1120130217910, EU Patent No. EP 12749825.1. (Issued in US, China, Japan, South Korea, Brazil, and EU).  
  4. Gong P, Song P, Trzasko JD, Chen S, “Methods for Ultrasound System Independent Attenuation Coefficient Estimation,” US 12,089,996 B2, Europe-EPO 18740459.5, China CN 201880042117.2 (2017). (Issued in US, EU, China). 
  5. Gong P, Chen S, Song P, “Systems and Methods for Ultrasound Attenuation Coefficient Estimation,” PCT/US2020/012325 (2018) (Issued in EU). 
  6. Song P, Trzasko JD, Manduca A, Chen S, “Methods for Super-Resolution Ultrasound Imaging of Microvessels,” US 11,589,840 B2, China 201880036304.X, Europe-EPO 18733072.5 (2018). (Issued in US, China)
  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 (Issued in EU).  

Other patents and applications

  1. Oleze ML, Song P, Kou Z, “System and Methods for Continuous Ultrafast Ultrasound Beamforming with Programmable Logic,” Provisional, 2022. 
  2. Islam R, Lavrov IA, Chen S, Song P, “Functional Ultrasound Imaging for Spinal Cord Stimulation Electrode Guidance and Stimulation Parameter Optimization,” US20220354589A1, 2020. 
  3. Song P, Chen X, Lowerison MR, “System and Methods for Real-Time Super-Resolution Ultrasound Microvessel Imaging,” US Patent Application 18/690,239 (2024). 
  4. 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). 
  5. Song P, Chen S, Manduca A, Tang S, Trzasko JD, “Systems and Methods for Kalman Filter-Based Microvessel Inpainting for Super-Resolution Imaging,” US Patent No. 11,748,849 B2, China CN 201980069030.9 (2018) (Issued in US).  
  6. 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). 
  7. Gong P, Chen S, Song P, “Methods for Encoded Multi-Pulse Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound Imaging,” US Patent No. 11,534,141 B2, Europe-EPO 18752971.4, China CN 201880049294.3 (2017). (Issued in US, China). 
  8. Song P, Chen S, “Method for Harmonic Shear Wave Detection with Low Frame Rate Ultrasound System,” US 11576655B2 (2023) (Issued in US). 
  9. 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).
  10. Gong P, Song P, Chen S, “Delay-Encoded Harmonic Imaging With An Ultrasound System,” US 11,385,349 B2 (2022) (Issued in US). 
  11. Song P, Trzasko JD, Manduca A, Chen S, “Ultrasound Blood Flow Imaging,” US11,457,890 B2, EP 17756971.2 (2016). (Issued in US, EU, China)
  12. Chen S, Song P, Mellema DC, Greenleaf JF, Manduca A, Urban MW, “Systems and Methods for Ultrasound Elastography with Continuous Transducer Vibration,” US Patent No. 12,023,199B2, Europe Patent No. 3359047, China CN 201680058937.1 (2014) (Issued in US, EU, China).
  13. 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, China, EU).
  14. 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).