Wearable device for hands-free operation of an ultrasound probe
AssigneeGE Precision Healthcare LLC
InventorsWarren Lee, David Shoudy, Andrew Burns, Craig Galligan
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Abstract
A wearable device is provided. The wearable device may include a mount including a spherical outer surface, and an opening configured to receive a probe. The wearable device may include a base comprising an inner circumferential surface that interfaces with the spherical outer surface of the mount to selectively rotate the mount about at least one axis of the base. The wearable device may include a lock that locks a position of the probe relative to the mount and that locks the probe at an orientation relative to the base.
Claims20
A wearable device comprising:
- a mount including a spherical outer surface, and an opening configured to receive a probe;
- a base comprising an inner circumferential surface that interfaces with the spherical outer surface of the mount to selectively rotate the mount about at least one axis of the base;
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- a lock that locks a position of the probe relative to the mount and that locks the probe at an orientation relative to the base, wherein:
- the mount includes a first channel,
- the base includes a second channel, and
- the lock closes, or narrows, the first channel and the second channel to lock the position of the probe relative to the mount and lock the probe at the orientation relative to the base.
A wearable device comprising:
- a mount including a spherical outer surface, and an opening configured to receive a probe;
- a base comprising an inner circumferential surface that interfaces with the spherical outer surface of the mount to selectively rotate the mount about at least one axis of the base;
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- a lock that locks a position of the probe relative to the mount and that locks the probe at an orientation relative to the base, wherein the lock is the only lock of the wearable device that locks the position of the probe relative to the mount and that locks the probe at the orientation relative to the base.
A wearable device comprising:
- a probe;
- a mount including a spherical outer surface, and an opening configured to receive the probe;
- a base comprising an inner circumferential surface that interfaces with the spherical outer surface of the mount to selectively rotate the mount about at least one axis of the base;
- and
- a lock that locks a position of the probe relative to the mount and that locks the probe at an orientation relative to the base,
- wherein the probe includes one or more stops that prevent movement of the probe beyond a particular position with respect to the mount, or
- wherein the probe includes a ball, the mount includes a detent, and the ball is configured to engage with the detent to hold the wearable device off of a surface of a wearer of the wearable device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.