Shear-Wave Elastography Ultrasound Imaging Patent Grant
Summary
USPTO granted Patent US12588898B2 to eight inventors for methods of shear-wave elastography liver imaging using ultrasound. The patent covers receiving segmented ultrasound image data of a liver, automatically identifying regions of interest for elastography, and presenting the data on a display. The patent contains 13 claims and covers CPC classifications A61B 8/469 and A61B 8/485.
What changed
USPTO granted Patent US12588898B2 on March 31, 2026, covering methods for shear-wave elastography liver imaging. The patent includes 13 claims and was assigned CPC classifications A61B 8/469 and A61B 8/485, with an application number of 18205809 filed June 5, 2023. Inventors include Abder-Rahman Ali, Michael Wang, Michael J. Washburn, Yelena Tsymralenko, Anthony E. Samir, Viksit Kumar, Shuhang Wang, and Theodore Pierce.
Medical device manufacturers and healthcare providers using or developing ultrasound elastography systems for liver imaging should review this patent to assess potential licensing needs or design-around considerations. No immediate compliance action is required, but companies with competing technologies in this space should conduct freedom-to-operate analyses.
What to do next
- Conduct freedom-to-operate analysis if developing shear-wave elastography ultrasound products
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Ultrasound imaging techniques for shear-wave elastography
Grant US12588898B2 Kind: B2 Mar 31, 2026
Inventors
Abder-Rahman Ali, Michael Wang, Michael J. Washburn, Yelena Tsymbalenko, Anthony E. Samir, Viksit Kumar, Shuhang Wang, Theodore Pierce
Abstract
By example, a method includes: receiving ultrasound image data of a patient, including a segmented region corresponding to a liver; automatically identifying an area for a region of interest within the segmented region, wherein the region of interest corresponds to a region in the liver for performing shear-wave elastography; and presenting, on a display, the ultrasound image data and the area for the region of interest.
CPC Classifications
A61B 8/469 A61B 8/485
Filing Date
2023-06-05
Application No.
18205809
Claims
13
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