Advanced Ultrasound Image Preset System with Enhanced User Interface and Optimized Imaging Parameters

Publication ID: 24-11857372_0006_PTD
Published: October 28, 2025
Category:Direct Improvements & Enhancements

Legal Citation

pr1or.art Inc., “Advanced Ultrasound Image Preset System with Enhanced User Interface and Optimized Imaging Parameters,” Published Technical Disclosure No. 24-11857372_0006_PTD, Published October 28, 2025, available at https://archive.pr1or.art/24-11857372_0006_PTD
This technical disclosure describes improvements that would be readily apparent to a Person Having Ordinary Skill In The Art (PHOSITA) when considered in combination with the foundational architecture disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 11,857,372.

Summary of the Inventive Concept

The inventive concept presents an advanced ultrasound image preset system that enables users to select from a diverse range of presets optimized for different anatomical regions, ensuring efficient and accurate imaging. The system's intuitive user interface and real-time imaging parameter adjustments enhance the overall ultrasound imaging experience.

Background and Problem Solved

The original patent, 'System and method for graphical user interface with filter for ultrasound image presets,' introduced a novel approach to configuring ultrasound systems with imaging parameter values. However, it had limitations in terms of preset selection and imaging parameter adjustments. The new inventive concept addresses these limitations by providing a more comprehensive and user-friendly system that allows for seamless preset selection and real-time imaging parameter optimization.

Detailed Description of the Inventive Concept

The advanced ultrasound image preset system comprises a user interface that displays a preset menu with multiple presets optimized for various anatomical regions. The system's processor adjusts imaging parameter values in real-time based on the selected preset, ensuring optimal image quality. The presets are categorized into families, each optimized for a specific anatomy, anatomical region, or type of anatomy. The system also allows for customization of presets to accommodate unique user preferences. The inventive concept's novel features include the ability to select presets optimized for different anatomical regions, real-time imaging parameter adjustments, and an intuitive user interface that simplifies the imaging process.

Novelty and Inventive Step

The new inventive concept's claims introduce novel features that distinguish it from the original patent. The ability to select presets optimized for different anatomical regions and real-time imaging parameter adjustments provide a significant improvement over the original patent. The inventive concept's user interface and customization capabilities further enhance its novelty and inventive step.

Alternative Embodiments and Variations

Alternative embodiments of the inventive concept could include integrating the preset system with artificial intelligence algorithms to enable predictive imaging parameter optimization, developing a cloud-based platform for remote preset selection and imaging parameter adjustment, or incorporating the system into wearable ultrasound devices for point-of-care imaging.

Potential Commercial Applications and Market

The advanced ultrasound image preset system has significant commercial potential in the medical imaging industry, particularly in applications such as cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, and abdominal imaging. The system's user-friendly interface and optimized imaging parameters make it an attractive solution for healthcare professionals and medical researchers. The market for ultrasound imaging devices is growing rapidly, and the inventive concept is well-positioned to capitalize on this trend.

CPC Classifications

SectionClassGroup
A A61 A61B8/469
A A61 A61B8/0866
A A61 A61B8/0891
A A61 A61B8/4483
A A61 A61B8/465
A A61 A61B8/54
A A61 A61B8/56
A A61 A61B8/585
G G06 G06F3/0482
G G06 G06F3/04847

Field of Art

Medical ultrasound imaging systems, specifically mobile device interfaces for ultrasound preset configuration and image processing, requiring expertise in medical imaging technology, signal processing, and user interface design

Person of Ordinary Skill (PHOSITA) Profile

A biomedical engineer or medical imaging technologist with advanced knowledge of ultrasound signal processing, software interface design, and experience with mobile computing platforms, holding at least a master's degree or equivalent professional experience

Obviousness Rationale

A PHOSITA would recognize that the PTD's variations represent predictable extensions of the source patent's core ultrasound preset selection methodology. The disclosed enhancements in user interface design, real-time parameter adjustment, and preset optimization are logical incremental improvements that would be obvious to implement using standard software engineering and medical imaging techniques. The variations demonstrate standard design evolution within the established technological framework of mobile ultrasound imaging systems.

Obvious Combinations & Variations

Source Patent Element
Preset menu with multiple ultrasound imaging parameter configurations
PTD Variation
Expanding preset menu to include presets optimized for specific anatomical regions
Obviousness Reasoning
Predictable variation using known design techniques, representing a routine optimization of existing preset selection methodology
Source Patent Element
Smartphone or tablet interface for ultrasound device configuration
PTD Variation
Real-time imaging parameter adjustments based on selected preset
Obviousness Reasoning
Known technique of dynamic parameter modification, representing a standard software engineering approach to user interface responsiveness
Source Patent Element
Preset families with different imaging parameter configurations
PTD Variation
Introducing AI-driven predictive preset optimization
Obviousness Reasoning
Obvious combination of existing preset technology with emerging machine learning techniques, representing a foreseeable technological progression
Source Patent Element
Mobile device communication with ultrasound imaging system
PTD Variation
Cloud-based platform for remote preset selection and parameter adjustment
Obviousness Reasoning
Predictable extension of existing mobile communication framework, utilizing standard networked computing approaches
35 U.S.C. § 103 Summary: Based on US Patent 11857372, the present publication demonstrates that the claimed variations in ultrasound imaging preset systems would have been obvious to a person having ordinary skill in the art at the time of invention. The disclosed technical modifications represent routine engineering adaptations that would be readily conceived by a skilled practitioner without requiring inventive insight, thus rendering potential derivative claims obvious and unpatentable.

Original Patent Information

Patent NumberUS 11,857,372
TitleSystem and method for graphical user interface with filter for ultrasound image presets
Assignee(s)BFLY Operations, Inc