公开(公告)号：US11771398B1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-03

申请号：US18074222

申请日：2022-12-02

Applicant: Aronix LLC

Inventor： Arun Narayan Patil ,  Anand Raghunath Bhave ,  Sunanda Narayan Patil ,  Pratibha Narayan Patil

IPC: A61B8/08 ,  A61B8/00 ,  B06B1/02 ,  B06B1/06

CPC classification number: A61B8/0866 ,  A61B8/0883 ,  A61B8/54 ,  A61B8/587 ,  B06B1/0215 ,  B06B1/0633 ,  B06B2201/76

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved fetal heart rate transducer that overcomes shortcomings of prior transducers in several ways including utilizing an ultra slow-cure epoxy in combination with a piezo-electric disc bonding method to improve ultrasound transmission and reception characteristics, utilizing a slow-cure epoxy in combination with a frontend PCB bonding method to improve transducer reliability, utilizing a metal insert design in combination with molding-in techniques versus press fitting to improve the mechanical stability of the transducer, and utilizing a failsafe LVDS circuit to improve cable error detection and thus improve fetal monitor system reliability. In addition, a method of use of the present invention includes quantitively determining the integrity of each of the piezo-electric disc bonds with the plastic substrate as well as the integrity of the ultrasound field using various height water phantoms that simulate the human body.

公开(公告)号：US20240121137A1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-11

申请号：US18510962

申请日：2023-11-16

Applicant: Aronix LLC

Inventor： Arun Narayan Patil ,  Anand Raghunath Bhave ,  Sunanda Narayan Patil ,  Pratibha Narayan Patil ,  Jesus Ovirne Lopez

IPC: H04L25/02 ,  A61B5/024 ,  H03K19/007

CPC classification number: H04L25/0272 ,  A61B5/02411 ,  H03K19/007 ,  A61B5/02438

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ultrasound beam quality test apparatus and methods of use. In this regard, fetal heart rate (FHR) transducer is placed for test and interconnected with fetal monitors. Phantoms of different heights can be placed on the FHR transducer. A computer system includes a beam control circuit. A plurality of hydrophone piezo-electric crystal (PZT) discs are placed on top of the phantom and interconnected with the beam control circuit. The computer system analyzes the ultrasound beam quality, of the FHR transducer, as it passes through the phantom. The beam control circuit can also control the oscillating motion of a metal plate to simulate a fetal heart beat by way of a linear actuator. The FHR transducer registered heartbeat, by way of the fetal monitor, is then compared to the simulated fetal heart beat to determine if the FHR transducer is working correctly.

公开(公告)号：US11892326B1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-06

申请号：US17962812

申请日：2022-10-10

Applicant: Aronix LLC

Inventor： Arun Narayan Patil ,  Anand Raghunath Bhave ,  Sunanda Narayan Patil ,  Pratibha Narayan Patil

IPC: G01D5/22 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/11

CPC classification number: G01D5/2291 ,  A61B5/1107 ,  A61B5/4356 ,  A61B5/6831 ,  A61B2562/0247 ,  A61B2562/125

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved tocodynamometer transducer that exhibits increased mechanical stability, dynamic range, accuracy, and reliability. Improvement components include top and bottom enclosures, plunger, ferrite core, LVDT transformer, transformer housing, flat spring, and other components. The flat spring includes four spring ribs that are symmetrical, curvilinear in shape, identical in path length, separated by an air gap, and equally spaced between the outer ring, inner ring, and the spring ribs that are adjacent. The spring constant is identical along two or more axes improving the accuracy of the improved tocodynamometer transducer. The ferrite core travel length is increased and mechanically constrained to remain between the LVDT transforming winding increasing the dynamic range and the linearity of the voltage output of the improved tocodynamometer transducer.