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Imaging safety device

  • US 6,438,405 B1
  • Filed: 04/28/2000
  • Issued: 08/20/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A medical system comprising:

  • a patient monitoring device That monitors physiological parameters of a patient and outputs a signal indicating values for the parameters; and

    an imaging system including;

    an imaging probe that directs energy into a patient;

    a signal analyzer, in communication with the patient monitoring device, that analyzes The signal from The patient monitoring device and outputs an abnormality signal indicating irregularities in parameters monitored; and

    a controller monitoring the signal from the signal analyzer and, when a predetermined abnormality signal is output, issues an alarm to an operator of the imaging system;

    wherein the controller, upon output of a predetermined signal by the signal analyzer changes The energy output by the imaging probe to a non-zero value.

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