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US 2010/0305448 A1Published application
Apparatus and method for indicating ultrasound probe orientation and activation status
OwnerAnne Cecile Dagonneau, Jean Marc Hebrard +3inventors
InventorsAnne Cecile Dagonneau, Jean Marc Hebrard, Trond Kleveland, Svein Bergstoel, Kjell Kristoffersen
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Abstract
An ultrasound probe has a probe casing and a light emitting diode (LED). The probe casing has an inner surface and an outer surface. The LED is mounted and contained entirely within the probe casing and the LED is configured to be illuminated when the probe is active.
Claims20
An ultrasound probe, comprising:
- a probe casing comprising an inner surface and an outer surface;
- and
- a light emitting diode (LED) mounted and contained entirely within the probe casing, the LED configured to be illuminated when the probe is active.
A method for indicating whether an ultrasound probe is active, the method comprising:
- locating a light emitting diode (LED) beneath a probe casing, the probe casing configured to enclose at least the LED and an array of transducer elements;
- and
- providing power to the LED when the probe is selected, the LED configured to provide a level of luminescence that is visible outside the probe casing.
An ultrasound probe, comprising:
- a probe casing comprising an inner surface and an outer surface, the probe casing having a thickness;
- and
- a light emitting diode (LED) mounted within the probe casing and positioned to indicate an orientation of the probe, the thickness of the probe casing in a region proximate the LED being thinner than in areas of the probe casing located away from the LED, the LED configured to have a luminescence that is visible outside the outer surface when the LED is activated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.