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US 2014/0180109 A1Published application
Ultrasound Servicing System and Method
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsLeif Schmedling, Morgan Jakobsen, Svein Arne Aase
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Abstract
An ultrasound servicing system is disclosed. The ultrasound servicing system comprises a near field communication enabled ultrasound scanner, and a near field communication enabled mobile device, wherein when the device is brought within a near field communication range of the scanner, a near field communication link is established for servicing the ultrasound scanner.
Claims20
An ultrasound servicing system comprising:
- a near field communication enabled ultrasound scanner enabled to communicate with a near field communication enabled mobile device when the device is brought within a near field communication range.
An ultrasound servicing system comprising:
- a near field communication enabled ultrasound scanner;
- and
- a near field communication enabled mobile device, wherein when the device is brought within a near field communication range of the scanner, a near field communication link is established for servicing the ultrasound scanner utilizing the mobile device.
A method of facilitating the servicing of an ultrasound scanner by a user, the steps comprising:
- positioning a near field communication enabled mobile device within a near field communication range generated by a near field communication enabled ultrasound scanner;
- establishing a near field communication link between the mobile device and the ultrasound scanner when the mobile device is within the communication range;
- authenticating at least one of the mobile device or the user through the established communication link;
- and
- servicing the ultrasound scanner through the established communication link.
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