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(11) EP 4 580 509 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
09.07.2025 Bulletin 2025/28

(21) Application number: 23757652.5

(22) Date of filing: 22.08.2023
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61B 8/08(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
A61B 8/0808; A61B 8/0866; A61B 8/0883; A61B 8/4461; A61B 8/4466; A61B 8/4488; A61B 8/461; A61B 8/488; A61B 8/5207; A61B 8/523
(86) International application number:
PCT/EP2023/072987
(87) International publication number:
WO 2024/046806 (07.03.2024 Gazette 2024/10)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA
Designated Validation States:
KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 29.08.2022 EP 22192563

(71) Applicant: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
5656 AG Eindhoven (NL)

(72) Inventors:
  • LORENZ, Cristian
    5656 AG Eindhoven (NL)
  • ORASANU, Eliza Teodora
    5656 AG Eindhoven (NL)
  • SCHMIDT-RICHBERG, Alexander
    5656 AG Eindhoven (NL)
  • FRANZ, Astrid Ruth
    5656 AG Eindhoven (NL)

(74) Representative: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards 
High Tech Campus 52
5656 AG Eindhoven
5656 AG Eindhoven (NL)

   


(54) ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS