Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus and method of operating the same
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Application No.: US15871261Application Date: 2018-01-15
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Publication No.: US11026657B2Publication Date: 2021-06-08
- Inventor: Gil-ju Jin , Jae-moon Jo , Yu-ri Kim , Mi-jeoung Ahn
- Applicant: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Hongcheon-gun
- Assignee: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Hongcheon-gun
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: KR10-2017-0181452 20171227
- Main IPC: A61B8/00
- IPC: A61B8/00 ; A61B8/08

Abstract:
Provided is an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus connected with at least one wired ultrasound probe and at least one wireless ultrasound probe. The ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes: at least one wired ultrasound probe connected via wire to the ultrasound diagnosis apparatus; at least one wireless ultrasound probe connected to the ultrasound diagnosis apparatus by using wireless communication; a wireless communication module configured to receive a pairing reception signal from the at least one wireless ultrasound probe to thereby be connected with the at least one wireless ultrasound probe by using a wireless communication method and to transmit and receive a beamforming control signal and ultrasound image data to and from each of the at least one wireless ultrasound probe; and a controller configured to detect an ultrasound probe being used by a user, and activate the detected ultrasound probe.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190059856A1 ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2019-02-28
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