Anthony R Vannelli, 7517470 136Th St, Monroe, WA 98272

6569101, May 27, 2003

Apr 19, 2001

09/840002

Jen U. Quistgaard - Seattle WA
Leo R. Catallo - Mercer Island WA
Anthony R. Vannelli - Monroe WA
Blake W. Little - Bothell WA
Randy T. Holmberg - Bothell WA
Juin Jet Hwang - Mercer Island WA
Clinton T. Siedenburg - Marysville WA
Ramchandra Pailoor - Woodinville WA
D. Scott Hirschi - Snohomish WA

Sonosite, Inc. - Bothell WA

A61B 800

600459, 600437, 600375, 600523

A handheld ultrasound instrument is disclosed having enhanced diagnostic modes including pulse wave Doppler, time-motion analysis, and tissue harmonic imaging. An external electrocardiograph (ECG) recording unit is also disclosed. The ECG unit is adaptable to be used with the handheld ultrasound instrument to provide for ECG monitoring while performing an ultrasound scan in B-mode, Doppler, color Doppler, M-mode, and PW mode. The enhanced handheld ultrasound instrument further includes a security mechanism allowing any combination of the diagnostic modes to be enabled by the manufacturer, and later to enable or disable any one or group of the diagnostic modes. The invention also discloses a method for a manufacturer to maintain a database of handheld ultrasound instrument capabilities after the instruments enter the stream of commerce.

6962566, Nov 8, 2005

Feb 1, 2002

10/062179

Jens U. Quistgaard - Seattle WA, US
Leo R. Catallo - Mercer Island WA, US
Anthony R. Vannelli - Monroe WA, US
Blake W. Little - Bothell WA, US
Randy T. Holmberg - Bothell WA, US
Juin Jet Hwang - Mercer Island WA, US
Clinton T. Siedenburg - Marysville WA, US
Ramchandra Pailoor - Woodinville WA, US
D. Scott Hirschi - Snohomish WA, US
Hung Nguyen - Everett WA, US

Sonosite, Inc. - Bothwell WA

A61B008/00
A61B005/04

600437, 600513

A handheld ultrasound instrument is disclosed having enhanced diagnostic modes including pulse/continuous wave Doppler, time-motion analysis, spectral analysis and tissue harmonic imaging. An external electrocardiograph (ECG) recording unit is also disclosed. The ECG unit is adaptable to be used with the handheld ultrasound instrument to provide for ECG monitoring while performing an ultrasound scan in B-mode, Doppler, color Doppler, M-mode, and CW/PW mode. The enhanced handheld ultrasound instrument further includes a security mechanism allowing any combination of the diagnostic modes to be enabled by the manufacturer, and later to enable or disable any one or group of the diagnostic modes. The invention also discloses a method for a manufacturer to maintain a database of handheld ultrasound instrument capabilities after the instruments enter the stream of commerce.

7686766, Mar 30, 2010

Aug 17, 2005

11/206244

Jens U. Quistgaard - Seattle WA, US
Leo R. Catallo - Mercer Island WA, US
Anthony R. Vannelli - Monroe WA, US
Blake W. Little - Bothell WA, US
Randy T. Holmberg - Bothell WA, US
Clinton T. Siedenburg - Marysville WA, US
Ramachandra Pailoor - Woodinville WA, US
D. Scott Hirschi - Snohomish WA, US
Hung Nguyen - Everett WA, US

SonoSite, Inc. - Bothell WA

A61B 8/00

600459

A handheld ultrasound instrument is disclosed having enhanced diagnostic modes including pulse/continuous wave Doppler, time-motion analysis, spectral analysis and tissue harmonic imaging. An external electrocardiograph (ECG) recording unit is also disclosed. The ECG unit is adaptable to be used with the handheld ultrasound instrument to provide for ECG monitoring while performing an ultrasound scan in B-mode, Doppler, color Doppler, M-mode, and CW/PW mode. The enhanced handheld ultrasound instrument further includes a security mechanism allowing any combination of the diagnostic modes to be enabled by the manufacturer, and later to enable or disable any one or group of the diagnostic modes. The invention also discloses a method for a manufacturer to maintain a database of handheld ultrasound instrument capabilities after the instruments enter the stream of commerce.

5335293, Aug 2, 1994

Jun 16, 1992

7/899450

Anthony Vannelli - Walla Walla WA
Thomas C. Madsen - Walla Walla WA

Key Technology, Inc. - Walla Walla WA

G06K 900

382 17

Described herein is an automated quality inspection station for evaluating color component characteristics of a product. The inspection station includes a color video camera, for capturing video frames of product images, and a control system for analyzing those video frames. The control system is programmed to perform a reference calibration and then a sample calibration. During the reference calibration an operator identifies component type areas from a displayed reference frame of a typical product assortment. The control system calculates color value density curves from the identified areas. The density curves are then calibrated to each other by scaling each of the density curves by a scaling factor. The scaling factors can either be provided directly by the operator or default values can be calculated by the control system. Default scaling factor values are calculated by summing the product of the corresponding density curve and an overall histogram of a sample video frame over a range of color values.

4868822, Sep 19, 1989

Feb 19, 1988

7/158223

Marshall H. Scott - Woodinville WA
Robert E. Cuckler - Bothell WA
John D. Polstra - Seattle WA
Anthony R. Vannelli - Everett WA
W. Douglas Hazelton - Everett WA

John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc. - Everett WA

G06F 1100
G01R 3128

371 16

A method and system for testing and troubleshooting microprocessor-based electronic systems employs memory emulation techniques as well as other techniques to provide complete functionality tests and fault location. Fine-resolution sync pulses may be generated at preselected time positions during a bus cycle of interest to facilitate full troubleshooting fault isolation. Other features include bus testing using memory emulation techniques, using the chip select line of ROMs to encode test results, and techniques that keep a target microprocessor functioning in a system in which the kernel is dead.