Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for reconfiguring an ultrasound device
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Application No.: US15842200Application Date: 2017-12-14
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Publication No.: US10709427B2Publication Date: 2020-07-14
- Inventor: Nickolas Markoff , Christopher M. Cone
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC
- Main IPC: A61B8/00
- IPC: A61B8/00 ; G01R27/26 ; G01R31/11 ; A61B6/00 ; G01R31/50 ; G01R31/66 ; G01N29/30 ; G01R31/28

Abstract:
Systems and methods (the “utility”) presented herein provide for the assessment of acousto-electrical probes, such as their connections (e.g., transducer leads) and their response characteristics. For example, the utility may provide for readily evaluating transducer leads that have been broken and/or detached from transducers within an ultrasound probe. Due to the increasing complexity of ultrasound probes, identification of broken and/or detached transducer leads also becomes increasingly complex. Being able to identify such disconnected transducer leads may enable a person to repair, or “reterminate”, these transducer leads leading to a potentially substantial cost savings, the least of which being incurred by avoiding total replacement of an ultrasound probe.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180103933A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECONFIGURING AN ULTRASOUND DEVICE Public/Granted day:2018-04-19
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