A patient monitoring system includes: a biomedical sensor including: a transducer configured to produce a signal corresponding to a biological function; a sensor converter configured to convert the signal to a converted signal; and a transmitter configured to produce a communication, based on the converted signal, that is indicative of one or more values of the biological function, and to send the communication wirelessly; and a base station including: a receiver configured to receive the communication wirelessly and to produce a receiver output signal; a base station interface configured to produce a base station output signal indicative of the one or more values of the biological function; and at least one output port to receive the base station output signal and configured to be hard-wire connected to a display that is configured to display information indicative of the biological function.

An ultrasound system is described which produces blended fundamental and harmonic frequency images. Successively transmitted, differently modulated pulses are transmitted by an ultrasound probe and both fundamental and harmonic frequencies are received in response. The echo signals received from the two pulses are processed by pulse inversion, producing cleanly separated bands of fundamental and harmonic signals in which undesired components have been cancelled. Since the two bands have been separated by signal cancellation rather than filtering, the two bands are allowed to overlap, providing broadband signals in each band. The bands are filtered by bandpass filtering to define the fundamental and harmonic signals to be imaged. The signals are detected, and the detected signals are combined after weighting to produce a blended fundamental/harmonic image.

In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, an ultrasound imaging apparatus comprising: an ultrasonic probe for transmitting ultrasonic waves to a target object and receiving ultrasonic waves reflected from the object; a beamforming unit for beamforming the received ultrasonic wave and outputting a beamforming signal; a sampling unit for adjusting the number of sampling times of the beamforming signal according to the amount of motion of the object; and an image processing unit for matching and synthesizing the sampled signals.

An ultrasound probe is provided which maintains sufficient adhesion strength of the layers that configure the ultrasound probe and which matches the acoustic impedance of a piezoelectric element to that of the organism; also provided is an ultrasound diagnostic device provided with said ultrasound probe. This ultrasound probe (100a) is characterized by comprising a backing layer, a piezoelectric element layer (6E), an acoustic matching layer (2A) and an acoustic lens (1), laminated in that order, wherein an adhesion layer (14A) containing vanadium glass is provided between the piezoelectric element layer (6E) and the acoustic matching layer (2A).

The present embodiments relate generally to ultrasound imaging methods and apparatus that allow for multiple modes of imaging using a single ultrasound transducer having a plurality of transducer elements. In an embodiment, there is provided an ultrasound imaging machine that is: operable in a first imaging mode in which the plurality of transducer elements are activated; and operable in a second imaging mode different from the first imaging mode, and in the second imaging mode, a subset of the plurality of transducer elements are activated so that ultrasound signals are steered from the subset of the plurality of transducer elements, where any remaining transducer elements of the plurality of transducer elements not part of the subset are inactive when operating in the second imaging mode.

A two-dimensional array ultrasound probe, which is enabled for ultrasonic reception operation of a continuous wave Doppler mode (C mode) and an imaging mode (B mode). The probe includes a reception circuit provided for each transducer and a first multiplexer; a plurality of first wires connected to the first multiplexer; a second wire connected to a plurality of first wires outside the array; switches that are provided to the second wire and that can be turned off to adapt to phasing addition units; a plurality of second multiplexers connected to the second wire and a plurality of first output ports for the first mode; and a plurality of second output ports that are connected to each region between the switches on the second wire and that are used in the second mode.

An ultrasound imaging system includes a processor programmed to generate an anatomy image and a number of needle frames at different transmit beam angles. The system analyzes the data in the needle frames and selects segments therein that are identified as likely representing an interventional instrument. Data from one or more needle frames are blended with the data for the anatomy image of the tissue to create a composite image of the tissue and the interventional instrument.

Approaches for focusing an ultrasound transducer having multiple transducer elements include generating the first sonication to one or more target regions and measuring the first set of reflection signals resulting from the first sonication; based on the first set of reflection signals, determining whether a target number or a target occurrence rate of focusing events has been reached; if not, generating the second sonication at an adjusted acoustic power to the target region(s) and measuring the second set of reflection signals resulting from the second sonication; and based at least in part on the second set of reflection signals, adjusting a parameter value associated with one or more transducer elements so as to improve an ultrasound focus at the target region(s).

A multifunctional probe includes a hand-held housing, a signal detector and an array probe. The signal detector is flexibly disposed on the hand-held housing or at its first end. The array probe is disposed at one end (e.g., second end) of the hand-held housing and electrically coupled to the signal detector. The first contact time of the signal detector in contact with the living body may at least partially overlap with the second contact time of the array probe in contact with the living body. The signal detector and the array probe generate the first electronic signal. The multifunctional probe includes a flexibly-connected signal detector and an array probe, which can contact and/or detect the living body at the same time. Thus, the detection efficiency and accuracy are effectively increased. A detection method applied to the multifunctional probe is also provided.

The present disclosure provides a needle free delivery system, which includes a handheld device and a signal switching device. The signal switching device is electrically connected to the handheld device, and the handheld device includes an ultrasonic probe. The signal switching device provides a burst wave capable of generating a resonant carrier wave through piezoelectric material to the handheld device, so that an ultrasonic wave of the handheld device can perform a needleless delivery on a carrier.