US Patent Issued to BFLY Operations on Sept. 2 for "Methods and apparatus for performing measurements on an ultrasound image" (California, Florida, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,860, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to BFLY Operations Inc (Burlington, Mass.).

"Methods and apparatus for performing measurements on an ultrasound image" was invented by David Elgena (Orlando, Fla.), Matthew De Jong (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Cristina Shin (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the technology described herein include a processing device configured to display, on a touch-sensitive display screen of a processing device in operative communication with an ultrasound device, an ultrasound image, a movable measurement tool, and an icon that maintains a fixed distance from a portion of the measurement tool. Th...