Ultrasound system and method for interfacing with peripherals
First Claim
1. An ultrasound system providing for communications between a peripheral and an ultrasound apparatus, the system comprising:
- a first interface on the ultrasound apparatus;
a second interface on the peripheral;
an interface adapter external to the ultrasound apparatus operatively connected to the first and second interfaces; and
a power connection from the first interface to the interface adapter.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for processing ultrasound data is provided. The apparatus includes an interface operatively connected to a memory, a programmable single instruction multiple data processor (or two symmetric processors), a source of acoustic data (such as a data bus) and a system bus. The memory stores data from the processor, ultrasound data from the source, and data from the system bus. The processor has direct access to the memory. Alternatively, the system bus has direct access to the memory. The interface device translates logically addressed ultrasound data to physically addressed ultrasound data for storage in a memory. The translation is the same for data from both the processor and the source for at least a portion of a range of addresses. The memory stores both ultrasound data and various of: beamformer control data, instruction data for the processor, display text plane information, control plane data, and a table of memory addresses. One peripheral connects to the ultrasound apparatus. An interface adapter, powered from the ultrasound apparatus, translates information transferred between the peripheral and the ultrasound apparatus. The adapter connects non-standard peripherals to various standard interfaces on the ultrasound apparatus.
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20 Claims
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1. An ultrasound system providing for communications between a peripheral and an ultrasound apparatus, the system comprising:
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a first interface on the ultrasound apparatus; a second interface on the peripheral; an interface adapter external to the ultrasound apparatus operatively connected to the first and second interfaces; and a power connection from the first interface to the interface adapter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for providing for communications between a peripheral and an ultrasound apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) operatively connecting a physical connector of the peripheral to a physical connector of the ultrasound apparatus with an interface adapter, the physical connector of the peripheral being of a different format than the physical connector of the ultrasound apparatus; and (b) powering the interface adapter with an operative connection from the ultrasound apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An ultrasound system providing for communications between a peripheral and an ultrasound apparatus, the system comprising:
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a first physical connector on the ultrasound apparatus; a second physical connector on the peripheral; a physical connector adapter external to the ultrasound apparatus operatively connected to the first and second physical connectors; and a power connection from the first physical connector to the physical connector adapter.
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