Ultrasonic operating apparatus
First Claim
1. An ultrasonic operating apparatus comprising:
- an ultrasonic probe;
a transducer having an ultrasonic vibrator for generating ultrasonic vibration to be transmitted to the ultrasonic probe;
an information storage part storing at least characteristic information on the ultrasonic probe; and
a control part for driving the ultrasonic vibrator under conditions suitable for the ultrasonic probe, the conditions being determined based at least in part on the characteristic information read from the information storage part.
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Abstract
In an ultrasonic operating apparatus, a storage medium which stores characteristic information on an ultrasonic probe is provided in the probe side (in the probe itself or in a dedicated transducer of the probe), and management of driving conditions for the probe and/or the use history of the probe is performed by using the characteristic information. Examples of the characteristic information are identification information and use history information as to the probe. For example, in the case where identification information on a probe is recorded on a recording medium, a control device for driving and controlling the probe determines driving conditions suitable for the probe by using the identification information, and drives an ultrasonic vibrator under the driving conditions. In the case where the use history of the probe is recorded on the recording medium, the control device updates the use history information.
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47 Claims
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1. An ultrasonic operating apparatus comprising:
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an ultrasonic probe;
a transducer having an ultrasonic vibrator for generating ultrasonic vibration to be transmitted to the ultrasonic probe;
an information storage part storing at least characteristic information on the ultrasonic probe; and
a control part for driving the ultrasonic vibrator under conditions suitable for the ultrasonic probe, the conditions being determined based at least in part on the characteristic information read from the information storage part. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An ultrasonic operating apparatus comprising:
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an ultrasonic probe;
a transducer having an ultrasonic vibrator for generating ultrasonic vibration to be transmitted to the ultrasonic probe;
an information storage part storing at least use history information on the ultrasonic probe; and
a control part for updating the use history information of the information storage part at least partly on the basis of use of the ultrasonic probe - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An ultrasonic operating apparatus comprising:
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an ultrasonic probe;
a transducer having an ultrasonic vibrator for generating ultrasonic vibration to be transmitted to the ultrasonic probe;
an information storage part for storing at least identification information on the ultrasonic probe; and
a control part for updating, at least partly on the basis of use of the ultrasonic probe, use history information for the ultrasonic probe identified by the identification information read from the information storage part, the use history information being stored in the control part.
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27. An ultrasonic operating apparatus comprising:
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an ultrasonic probe;
a transducer having an ultrasonic vibrator for generating ultrasonic vibration to be transmitted to the ultrasonic probe;
an information storage part for storing at least identification information on the ultrasonic probe; and
a control part for updating, at least partly on the basis of use of the ultrasonic probe, use history information for the ultrasonic probe identified by the identification information read from the information storage part, the use history information being stored in a device on an accessible network.
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28. A control device of an ultrasonic operating apparatus comprising:
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a reading circuit for reading characteristic information on a connected ultrasonic probe; and
a driving circuit for driving an ultrasonic vibrator supplying ultrasonic vibration to the ultrasonic probe, under driving conditions determined on the basis of the read characteristic information on the ultrasonic probe. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31)
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32. A control device of an ultrasonic operating apparatus comprising:
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a circuit for driving an ultrasonic vibrator supplying ultrasonic vibration to a connected ultrasonic probe; and
a circuit for updating use history information for the ultrasonic probe.
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33. A probe for ultrasonic operation comprising:
an information storage part for storing characteristic information on the probe, contents stored in the information storage part being externally readable. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A dedicated ultrasonic transducer for use with a probe, the dedicated ultrasonic transducer comprising:
an information storage part for storing characteristic information for the probe, contents stored in the information storage part being externally readable. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A method of driving an ultrasonic operating apparatus comprising:
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reading identification information for a probe from an information storage element corresponding to the probe; and
driving an ultrasonic vibrator for giving ultrasonic vibration to the probe, under conditions determined based at least partly on the identification information.
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46. A method of driving each of plural kinds of probes under conditions suitable for each of the plural kinds of probes in an ultrasonic operating apparatus to which the plural kinds of probes are removably attachable, comprising:
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reading in a non-contact manner identification information for a probe attached to the ultrasonic operating apparatus, the identification information being stored in an integrated circuit chip contained in one of the probe and a dedicated transducer of the probe;
reading driving conditions for the probe from stored driving conditions corresponding to the respective plural kinds of probes, based at least partly on the read identification information; and
driving the probe under the read driving conditions.
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47. A method of driving an ultrasonic operating apparatus comprising:
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reading use history for a probe from an information storage element corresponding to the probe; and
updating the use history for the probe on the information storage element on the basis of use of the probe.
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Specification