INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 27 September 2018 (27.09.2018) WIP0 I PCT ~~ll~~~~~~~~ 011101010VIIIOH olo olo miloon n Imo ow (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/176005 Al (51) International Patent Classification: A61B 8/06 (2006.01) A61B 5/03 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2018/024204 (22) International Filing Date: 23 March 2018 (23.03.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 62/476,638 24 March 2017 (24.03.2017) US (71) Applicant: BURL CONCEPTS, INC. [US/US]； 11545 Sorrento Valley Road, Suite 312, San Diego, CA 92121 (US). (72) Inventors: DOYLE, Thomas, Francis； 4408 Osprey Street, San Diego, CA 92107 (US). HOELSCHER, Thi- lo； 3060 6th Avenue, Apt. 24, San Diego, CA 92103 (US). BRAILEAN, James； 11545 Sorrento Valley Road, Suite 312, San Diego, CA 92121 (US). DIRNBACHER, Maximillian； 11545 Sorrento Valley Road, Suite 312, San Diego, CA 92121 (US). VOLE, Arne； 11545 Sorrento Val- ley Road, Suite 312, San Diego, CA 92121 (US). BAN- HAM, Mark； 11545 Sorrento Valley Road, Suite 312, San Diego, CA 92121 (US). SIMMA, Balaji； 11545 Sorren- to Valley Road, Suite 312, San Diego, CA 92121 (US). TOLA, Jeffry； 335 Colburn Road, Canterbury, CT 06331 (US). (74) Agent: FINE, Isaac, M.； KPPB LLP, 2190 S. Towne Cen- tre Place, Suite 300, Anaheim, CA 92806 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, (54) Title: PORTABLE ULTRASOUND DEVICE 100 110 130 O O N 00 O N C FIG. 1 (57) : Systems and methods for stroke detection in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. One embod- iment includes a system for detecting strokes, including a processor, a first ultrasound transmitter located on a patient's head in com- munication with the processor, a first ultrasou
