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US 2014/0180110 A1Published application
System and Method for Wireless Ultrasound Probe Pairing
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorLeif Schmedling
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Abstract
A system for pairing a wireless ultrasound probe and an ultrasound scanner is provided. The ultrasound system comprises an ultrasound scanner comprising a near field communication reader capable of generating a near field communication activation field and a wireless ultrasound probe comprising a near field communication device, wherein the probe is adapted to transmit pairing information to the scanner via a near field communication protocol.
Claims25
An ultrasound system comprising:
- an ultrasound scanner comprising a near field communication reader capable of generating a near field communication activation field;
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- a wireless ultrasound probe comprising a communication device that creates a near field communication area, wherein the probe is adapted to transmit pairing information to the scanner via a near field communication protocol when the near field communication area overlaps the near field communication activation area.
An ultrasound system comprising:
- an ultrasound scanner comprising near field communication reader that creates a near field communication activation field, and
- a wireless ultrasound probe comprising a near field communication device, wherein the probe is adapted to transmit pairing information to the scanner via a near field communication protocol when the probe is brought within range of the near field communication activation area.
A method of pairing a wireless probe to an ultrasound scanner comprising:
- positioning a near field communication enabled wireless ultrasound probe in communication range of a near field communication enabled ultrasound scanner;
- establishing a near field communication link between the wireless ultrasound probe and the scanner;
- transmitting pairing information between the wireless ultrasound probe and the scanner;
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- pairing the wireless ultrasound probe to the scanner.
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