Ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYuki Niwamae, Sakiko Tanimoto, Takahiro Yamamoto, Satoshi Shinata, Yusuke Hokari, Shosaku Kawashima, Yoshinori Hirano, Akiya Nakayama
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Abstract
Provided is an ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus with improved operability. An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus according to the present invention includes an operation unit that includes a plurality of input components, and is configured to input at least information regarding an ultrasonic wave, a bed unit on which a subject is to be placed, and a support unit configured to support the operation unit and the bed unit in such a manner that the operation unit is arranged superior to the bed unit.
Claims19
An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus comprising:
- an operation unit including a plurality of input components, and configured to input at least information regarding an ultrasonic wave;
- an accommodation unit accommodating an ultrasonic probe;
- a drive unit moving the ultrasonic probe up and down;
- a bed unit on which a subject is to lie;
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- a support unit configured to support the operation unit, the bed unit and the accommodation unit such that
- the operation unit is positioned above the bed unit,
- the accommodation unit is positioned above the operation unit, and
- each of the bed unit and the operation unit is movable up and down,
- wherein the accommodation unit is arranged at a position in a horizontal direction where the ultrasonic probe and the operation unit do not interfere with each other when the ultrasonic probe comes down from the accommodation unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.