Stack-connectable ultrasound probe, ultrasound imaging system and diagnostic sonography system
First Claim
1. A diagnostic sonography system comprising:
- a plurality of ultrasound probes;
an ultrasound imaging having a connecting device for connection of at least one of the ultrasound probes and including either a plug or a receptacle connector, and a monitor supplied with ultrasound data from a selected one of the ultrasound probes through the connecting device, to analyze/display the ultrasound data,each of said ultrasound probes includinga first connecting device connectable to either said connecting device of said ultrasound imaging system or a connecting device of an other ultrasound probe,an interconnecting wire,a second connecting device connectable to said connecting device of said first connecting device with the interconnecting wire and to said connecting device of one of said other ultrasound probes, anda transducer branched from the interconnecting wire between said first and second connecting devices.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a connectable-as-stacked ultrasound probe, a plurality of which can be connected to at least one probe connecting device provided in an ultrasound imaging system, an ultrasound imaging system and a diagnostic sonography system. A plurality of ultrasound probes can be connected at the same time as the connecting device of the ultrasound imaging system and one of the ultrasound probes connected to the ultrasound imaging system can be used as selected. The ultrasound probe comprises connecting devices 13a and 13b adapted for connection to the connecting device 10a of the ultrasound imaging system 10, other connecting devices 14a and 14b connected and appropriately wired to the connecting devices 13a and 13b, respectively, interconnecting wires 15a and 15b laid between the connecting devices 13a and 14a and between 13b and 14brespectively, and transducers 16a and 16b connected in parallel to the connecting devices 14a and 14b, respectively, by branching the interconnecting wires 15a and 15b. The ultrasound imaging system 10 comprises a monitor 10b that receives and analyses the data from the probe through the connecting device 10b and displays an ultrasound image. The ultrasound probe and ultrasound imaging system 10 are combined to form a diagnostic sonography system.
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20 Claims
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1. A diagnostic sonography system comprising:
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a plurality of ultrasound probes; an ultrasound imaging having a connecting device for connection of at least one of the ultrasound probes and including either a plug or a receptacle connector, and a monitor supplied with ultrasound data from a selected one of the ultrasound probes through the connecting device, to analyze/display the ultrasound data, each of said ultrasound probes including a first connecting device connectable to either said connecting device of said ultrasound imaging system or a connecting device of an other ultrasound probe, an interconnecting wire, a second connecting device connectable to said connecting device of said first connecting device with the interconnecting wire and to said connecting device of one of said other ultrasound probes, and a transducer branched from the interconnecting wire between said first and second connecting devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A diagnostic sonography system for use with an examinee, comprising:
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an ultrasound imaging system having a connecting device for connection of at least one of the ultrasound probes and including either a plug or receptacle connector, and a monitor supplied with ultrasound data from a selected one of the ultrasound probes through the connecting device, to analyze/display the ultrasound data, said monitor further including means for transmitting to said monitor an electric signal that will generate an ultrasound signal, a probe information interface for selectively reading information from at least two of said ultrasound probes connected to the ultrasound imaging system, and display driving means for generating a signal to drive a connected-status display provided in said ultrasound probe. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A diagnostic sonography system comprising;
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a plurality of ultrasound probes; an ultrasound imaging system having a connecting device for connection of at least one of the ultrasound probes and including either a plug or receptacle connector, and a monitor supplied with ultrasound data from one of the ultrasound probes through said connecting device, being selected for scanning by a switch controller included in said ultrasound imaging system. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system comprising:
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a first ultrasound probe; a second ultrasound probe serially connected to the first ultrasound probe; and an ultrasound imaging system connected to the first ultrasound probe, and capable of selectively activating one of said first and second ultrasound probes.
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