# US 2013/0158397 A1 · Method and system to automatically load user settings to wireless ultrasound probe

> Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt

- Number: US 2013/0158397 A1
- Document ID: US20130158397A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/327,906
- Filed: 2011-12-16
- Published: 2013-06-20
- Earliest claimed: 2011-12-16
- Assignees: General Electric Company
- Inventors: Srinivas K.; Mark Steven Urness
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130158397A1

## CPC

- G16H 10/60: for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
- A61B 8/4472: {Wireless probes}
- A61B 8/565: {involving data transmission via a network}
- A61B 8/585: {Automatic set-up of the device}
- G16H 30/40: for processing medical images, e.g. editing
- G16H 40/40: for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
- G16Z 99/00: Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass
- A61B 8/4438: {Means for identifying the diagnostic device, e.g. barcodes}
- G01S 7/52098: {related to workflow protocols}
- G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- G16Z: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES

## Abstract

An ultrasound imaging system is provided, including a beamformer in communication with a transducer probe to acquire ultrasound image data for communication by a transceiver. An identity server can include a series of profiles each including a unique identifier of an external environment and a unique predefined system setting of the system. A tracking system can scan for a first tag having a unique identifier of a user of the system and for a second tag having a unique identifier of the patient. The identity server is operable to select a match of one of the series of profiles based on the acquired unique identifier and automatically communicate the profile to the transceiver for automatic activation of the system settings to the ultrasound imaging system.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An ultrasound imaging system, comprising:
a beamformer in communication with a transducer probe to acquire ultrasound image data of a patient;
a transceiver connected to receive transmission of the acquired ultrasound image data, the transceiver in wireless communication to send the ultrasound image data to an interface for illustration;
an identity server in wireless communication with the transceiver, the identity server including a plurality of profiles each including a unique identifier of an external environment and a unique predefined system setting of the system; and
a tracking system to scan for a first tag having a unique identifier of a user of the system and for a second tag having a unique identifier of the patient, the tracking system in wireless communication with the transceiver, wherein the identity server is operable to select a match of the one of the plurality of profiles based on the acquired unique identifier of the user and automatically communicate the profile to the transceiver for automatic activation of the unique predefined system setting to the ultrasound imaging system.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The ultrasound imaging system of claim 1, further comprising an imager server in wireless communication to receive the ultrasound image data from the transceiver for storage at the image server.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The ultrasound imaging system of claim 1, further comprising a local memory in communication with a processor, the processor connected to communicate the ultrasound image data from the beamformer to the transceiver.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The ultrasound imaging system of claim 1, wherein the profile includes settings from the group consisting of a refresh rate, at type of probe, a unique identifier of the probe, image resolutions of the acquired image data for illustration at the interface, contrast level of the acquired image data for illustration at the interface.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The ultrasound imaging system of claim 1, wherein the tracking system includes a transmission technology to detect a unique identifier associated with the tag, the transmission technology from the group consisting of: optical, radio frequency (rf), infrared (ir), and bar code recognition.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The ultrasound imaging system of claim 1, wherein the unique identifier of the external environment includes the tag having the unique identifier associated with the patient.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The ultrasound imaging system of claim 1, wherein the unique identifier of the external environment includes a tag having a unique identifier associated with a user of the system.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The ultrasound imaging system of claim 1, wherein the interface prompt the user for a confirmation of the profile selected by the identity server.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The ultrasound imaging system of claim 8, wherein if the identity server cannot find a match of the profile to the unique identifier communicated from the tracking system, the identity server automatically communicates a default profile of system settings via wireless transmission to the transceiver for activation in image acquisition by the system.

### Claim 10

A method to automatically load user settings to an ultrasound imaging system to perform ultrasound image acquisition of a patient, the method comprising:
communicating acquired ultrasound image data from a transducer probe to a beamformer;
receiving a transmission of the acquired ultrasound image data at a transceiver, communicating the acquired ultrasound image data in wireless transmission for illustration at an interface;
receiving a plurality of profiles each including a unique identifier of an external environment and a unique predefined system setting of the ultrasound imaging system;
scanning a defined space for a first tag having a unique identifier of a user of the ultrasound imaging system and for a second tag having a unique identifier of the patient, the tracking system in wireless communication with the transceiver;
selecting a match of one of the plurality of profiles to the unique identifier; and
automatically communicating the selected profile for wireless transmission to the transceiver for automatic activation of the system settings in the profile to the ultrasound imaging system.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, further comprising receiving wireless communication of the acquired ultrasound image data to an image server.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, further comprising communicating the acquired ultrasound image from the beamformer to processor in communication with a memory, and communicating the acquired ultrasound image data from the processor to the transceiver.

### Claim 13 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, wherein the profile includes settings from the group consisting of a refresh rate, at type of probe, a unique identifier of the probe, image resolutions of the acquired image data for illustration at the interface, contrast level of the acquired image data for illustration at the interface.

### Claim 14 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, wherein the tracking system includes a transmission technology to detect a unique identifier associated with the tag, the transmission technology from the group consisting of: optical, radio frequency (rf), infrared (ir) and bar code recognition.

### Claim 15 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, wherein the unique identifier of the external environment includes the tag having the unique identifier associated with the patient 104.