Medical imaging device and associated method including flexible display
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1. A medical imaging device comprising:
- a plurality of substantially planar substrates;
at least one flexible connection coupling said substrates to one another so that said substrates are extendable at a variable angle with respect to one another;
a plurality of video screens, each of said substrates carrying at least one of said video screens; and
a scanner operatively connected to said video screens for providing respective video signals thereto, said video signals each encoding an image of objects located near a respective one of said substrates.
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Abstract
A medical imaging device includes one or more planar substrates, one or more flat video screens provided on the substrates, a flexible bag connected to the substrates, and a scanner operatively connected to the video screens for providing video signals thereto. The bag is disposed on a side of the substrates opposite the video screens and is filled with a fluidic medium capable of transmitting ultrasonic pressure waves. The video signals encodes images of internal tissues of a patient upon placement of the flexible bag with the medium, the substrates and the video screens against the patient.
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1. A medical imaging device comprising:
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a plurality of substantially planar substrates; at least one flexible connection coupling said substrates to one another so that said substrates are extendable at a variable angle with respect to one another; a plurality of video screens, each of said substrates carrying at least one of said video screens; and a scanner operatively connected to said video screens for providing respective video signals thereto, said video signals each encoding an image of objects located near a respective one of said substrates. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A medical method comprising:
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providing an imaging device including a plurality of planar substrates fastened to one another by at least one flexible connector, each of said substrates carrying a respective video screen, a scanner being operatively connected to said video screens; disposing said substrates with said video screens on a body portion of a patient so that said substrates and said video screens substantially conform to the body portion of the patient and so that said video screens are facing away from the body portion of the patient; and after the disposition of said substrates and said video screens on the body portion of the patient, operating said scanner to provide video signals to said video screens, said video signals encoding images of internal tissues of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A medical imaging device comprising:
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a planar substrate; a substantially flat video screen provided on said substrate; a flexible bag connected to said substrate, said bag being disposed on a side of said substrate opposite said video screen, said bag being filled with a fluidic medium capable of transmitting ultrasonic pressure waves; and a scanner operatively connected to said video screen for providing a video signal thereto, said video signal encoding an image of internal tissues of a patient upon placement of said flexible bag with said medium, said substrate and said video screen against a patient. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31)
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