US 11,937,981 B2
Ultrasound phased array patch on flexible CMOS and methods for fabricating thereof
Kenneth Shepard, Ossining, NY (US); Tiago Costa, New York, NY (US); Kevin Tien, New York, NY (US); and Chen Shi, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, New York, NY (US)
Appl. No. 16/474,986
Filed by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 27, 2017, PCT No. PCT/US2017/068528
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 28, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/125912, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 5, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/439,680, filed on Dec. 28, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0343485 A1, Nov. 14, 2019
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/4488 (2013.01) [A61B 8/4494 (2013.01); A61B 8/42 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0026 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0086 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-invasive, wearable device for a subject, comprising:
a flexible integrated circuit including (i) a plurality of transmitting circuits, and (ii) a plurality of receiving circuits configured to dynamically adapt one or more parameters which are used for transmitting one or more ultrasound signals and receiving one or more reflected ultrasound signals based on a selected mode of operation; and
a plurality of ultrasound transducers, which are (i) coupled to the flexible integrated circuit, and (ii) configured to generate the one or more ultrasound signals.