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US 11,744,551 B2Granted
Hand held ultrasound probe
AssigneeBiim Ultrasound AS
InventorsJari Huhtamaki, Tuomo Liedes, Tanar Ulric, Craig Bockenstedt, Blake Little, Trygve Burchardt
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Abstract
A portable ultrasound probe is described having a mechanical transducer, rotating mirror, and mirror motor. The transducer can be used for diagnostic imaging and procedural guidance imaging. The probe has a light weight design for easy one-handed use, and can use external processors to provide proper image display with accompanying software.
Claims12
A method comprising:
- receiving, by an ultrasound probe, software version data from a user computing device, wherein the user computing device comprises a display configured to display images from the ultrasound probe;
- determining, by the ultrasound probe, based upon comparison of data on the ultrasound probe with the software version data from the user computing device that a software upgrade is available for the ultrasound probe;
- receiving, by the ultrasound probe, software upgrade data into a memory module of the ultrasound probe, wherein the software upgrade data comprises data for upgrading at least one portion of the ultrasound probe;
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- upgrading, by the ultrasound probe, the at least one portion of the ultrasound probe from the software upgrade data, wherein upgrading further comprises comparing, by the ultrasound probe, a computed cyclical redundancy code from the at least one portion of the ultrasound probe with a cyclical redundancy code of the software upgrade data and determining, by the ultrasound probe, that software of the at least one portion of the ultrasound probe is outdated based upon a comparison between the computed cyclical redundancy code and the cyclical redundancy code of the software upgrade data.
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