Thumb-dominant ultrasound imaging system
AssigneeExo Imaging, Inc.
InventorSandeep Akkaraju
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Abstract
A portable ultrasound imaging system for thumb-dominant operations can use a portable ultrasound probe that is configured to be operable using a first hand of the user. The system can use a mobile device that has a mobile application installed thereon. The mobile application can have a user interface and be configured to be operable using a second hand of the user. The system can permit direct electronic communication between the portable ultrasound probe and the mobile device and allow a user to control an operation of the portable ultrasound probe for imaging via user interaction with the user interface.
Claims21
A portable ultrasound imaging system comprising:
- a portable ultrasound probe configured to be operable using a first hand;
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- a mobile application having instructions configured to be executed by a processor on a mobile device and to cause the mobile device to display a user interface that:
- (i) is operable using a second hand while a user simultaneously operates the portable ultrasound probe with the first hand;
- (ii) comprises a single-finger accessibility zone configured to be reachable using a single finger during single-handed use of the mobile device,
- the single-finger accessibility zone having a size and shape that is measured for individual users during a calibration process that occurs during initialization of the mobile application,
- the single-finger accessibility zone encompassing a majority of the user interface and including an image display region and a control region;
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- wherein the portable ultrasound probe is configured to connect to the mobile device to allow a user to control an operation of the portable ultrasound probe the single finger accessibility zone for imaging via user interaction with the user interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.