Inventor

Matthew O'Donnell

Inventor

Ann Arbor, MI, US

Overview

1984–2020

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 71 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G01Sprimary

G01SRadio direction-finding25%

A61BDiagnosis11%

G10KSound-producing devices11%

G01NInvestigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties9%

H03MCoding6%

B06BMethods or apparatus for generating or transmitting mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic, or ultrasonic frequency, e.g. for performing mechanical work in general4%

G01HMeasurement of mechanical vibrations or ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves4%

G01RMeasuring electric variables4%

G06FElectric digital data processing4%

Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification3%

PatentTitleYear

10,829,126Methods and apparatus for vehicle operation analysis2020 10,599,790Advanced downhole waveform interpretation2020 10,571,390Composite inspection2020 10,345,267Composite inspection2019 10,323,925Compact portable double differential fiber optic Sagnac interferometer2019 10,189,479Methods and apparatus for vehicle operation analysis2019 10,126,273Inspection of structures2018 10,102,315Advanced downhole waveform interpretation2018 9,743,909'Imaging bubbles in a medium'2017 9,625,423'System and method for testing a composite structure using a laser ultrasound testing system'2017 8,701,471'Method and system for background suppression in magneto-motive photoacoustic imaging of magnetic contrast agents'2014 8,427,906'Acoustic sensor utilizing acoustoelectric effect'2013 8,167,804'Measurement of tissue elastic modulus'2012 8,107,694'Method of tracking speckle displacement between two images'2012 8,057,390'High-resolution mapping of bio-electric fields'2011 7,736,317'Method and apparatus for delivering therapy in and association with an intravascular ultrasound device'2010 7,587,105'High frequency ultrasound detection using polymer optical-ring resonator'2009 7,549,985'Method and system to create and acoustically manipulate a microbubble'2009 7,367,948'Acoustic monitoring method and system in laser-induced optical breakdown (LIOB)'2008 7,318,804'Methods and systems for measuring mechanical property of a vascular wall and method and system for determining health of a vascular structure'2008 6,987,474'Beamformed ultrasonic imager with delta-sigma feedback control'2006 6,867,720'Beamformed ultrasonic imager with delta-sigma feedback control'2005 6,852,082'Apparatus and methods for performing non-invasive vasectomies'2005 6,801,148'Beamformed ultrasonic imager with delta-sigma feedback control'2004 6,780,157'Method and apparatus for ultrasonic imaging'2004 6,579,238'Medical ultrasonic imaging system with adaptive multi-dimensional back-end mapping'2003 6,457,365'Method and apparatus for ultrasonic imaging'2002 6,398,733'Medical ultrasonic imaging system with adaptive multi-dimensional back-end mapping'2002 6,358,209'Medical diagnostic ultrasonic imaging system and method'2002 6,208,189'Beamformed ultrasonic imager with delta-sigma feedback control'2001 6,110,115'Medical diagnostic ultrasonic imaging system and method'2000 5,964,708'Beamformed ultrasonic imager with delta-sigma feedback control'1999 5,921,931'Method and apparatus for creating a color blood flow image based upon ultrasonic echo signals received by an intravascular ultrasound imaging probe'1999 5,891,037'Ultrasonic Doppler imaging system with frequency dependent focus'1999 5,732,046'Active fiber-optic opto-acoustic detector'1998 5,615,675'Method and system for 3-D acoustic microscopy using short pulse excitation and 3-D acoustic microscope for use therein'1997 5,566,133'System and method of binary optical communication for ultrasonic probe'1996 5,476,098'Partially coherent imaging for large-aperture phased arrays'1995 5,453,575'Apparatus and method for detecting blood flow in intravascular ultrasonic imaging'1995 5,349,525'Color flow imaging system utilizing a frequency domain wall filter'1994 5,291,892'Ultrasonic flow imaging'1994 5,235,982'Dynamic transmit focusing of a steered ultrasonic beam'1993 5,203,335'Phased array ultrasonic beam forming using oversampled A/D converters'1993 5,186,177'Method and apparatus for applying synthetic aperture focusing techniques to a catheter based system for high frequency ultrasound imaging of small vessels'1993 5,172,343'Aberration correction using beam data from a phased array ultrasonic scanner'1992 5,142,649'Ultrasonic imaging system with multiple, dynamically focused transmit beams'1992 5,121,364'Time frequency control filter for an ultrasonic imaging system'1992 5,111,695'Dynamic phase focus for coherent imaging beam formation'1992 5,047,771'Apparatus for implementation of desired input/output function in an electronic system having a plurality of channels'1991 5,047,770'Apparatus for testing data conversion/transfer functions in a vibratory energy imaging system'1991 5,047,769'Methods of correcting data conversion/transfer errors in a vibratory energy imaging system utilizing a plurality of channels'1991 5,014,712'Coded excitation for transmission dynamic focusing of vibratory energy beam'1991 5,005,419'Method and apparatus for coherent imaging system'1991 4,989,143'Adaptive coherent energy beam formation using iterative phase conjugation'1991 4,983,970'Method and apparatus for digital phased array imaging'1991 4,937,775'Apparatus for the cross-correlation of a pair of complex sampled signals'1990 4,896,287'Cordic complex multiplier'1990 4,890,268'Two-dimensional phased array of ultrasonic transducers'1989 4,886,069'Method of, and apparatus for, obtaining a plurality of different return energy imaging beams responsive to a single excitation event'1989 4,839,652'Method and apparatus for high speed digital phased array coherent imaging system'1989 4,835,689'Adaptive coherent energy beam formation using phase conjugation'1989 4,812,760'Multi-dimensional selective NMR excitation with a single RF pulse'1989 4,809,184'Method and apparatus for fully digital beam formation in a phased array coherent imaging system'1989 4,731,583'Method for reduction of MR image artifacts due to flowing nuclei by gradient moment nulling'1988 4,680,551'Method for homogenizing a static magnetic field over an arbitrary volume'1987 4,613,949'Composite pulses for time reversal in NMR imaging'1986 4,609,872'NMR multiple-echo phase-contrast blood flow imaging'1986 4,488,434'Phase insensitive detector for use in ultrasonic scanner and method'1984 4,470,305'Annular array used as a horn transducer'1984 4,470,303'Quantitative volume backscatter imaging'1984 4,441,503'Collimation of ultrasonic linear array transducer'1984

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1984–1996Patents assigned to GEN ELECTRIC (34)· patent assignee history

1984–1992Based in Schenectady, NY, US· patent location history

1992–2010Based in Ann Arbor, MI, US· patent location history

1997–2013Patents assigned to UNIV MICHIGAN (12)· patent assignee history

1999–2003Patents assigned to ACUSON (5)· patent assignee history

2011–2014Patents assigned to O'DONNELL MATTHEW (5)· patent assignee history

2011–2020Based in Seattle, WA, US· patent location history

2018–2020Patents assigned to UNIV WASHINGTON (6)· patent assignee history

2019–2020Based in Schwenksville, PA, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
GEN ELECTRIC	34	1984–1996
UNIV MICHIGAN	12	1997–2013
UNIV WASHINGTON	6	2018–2020
ACUSON	5	1999–2003
O'DONNELL MATTHEWself	5	2011–2014

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Ann Arbor, MI, US	32	1992–2010
Schenectady, New York, US	24	1984–1992
Seattle, Washington, US	13	2011–2020
Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, US	2	2019–2020