Probe fall prevention accessories
AssigneeGE Precision Healthcare LLC
InventorMizuki Toyosato
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Abstract
An article configured to be worn by an operator of an ultrasonic diagnostic device, the article preventing an ultrasonic probe of the ultrasonic diagnostic device from falling, the article including a detection unit that detects whether the article is worn by the operator; wherein, when the detection unit detects that the article is worn by the operator, the ultrasonic diagnostic device is set so as to be able to perform a prescribed operation.
Claims15
An ultrasonic diagnostic device, comprising:
- a probe comprising a transducer;
- a processor;
- a memory storing instructions;
- an article configured to be worn by an operator of the ultrasonic diagnostic device, the article preventing an ultrasonic probe of the ultrasonic diagnostic device from falling, the article comprising a detection unit that detects whether the article is worn by the operator;
- wherein, the processor is configured to perform a prescribed operation based on the detection unit detecting that the article is worn by the operator.
An ultrasonic diagnostic system having a function of preventing the ultrasonic probe from falling, the ultrasonic diagnostic system comprising:
- an ultrasonic diagnostic device including an ultrasonic probe;
- and
- an article configured to be worn by an operator of the ultrasonic diagnostic device and preventing the ultrasonic probe from being dropped, the article having a detection unit that detects whether the article is being worn by the operator, wherein
- when the detection unit detects that the article is worn by the operator, the ultrasonic diagnostic device is set to be able to execute a prescribed operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.