Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and control method of ultrasound diagnostic apparatus
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorHiroyuki KARASAWA
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Abstract
Provided are an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and a control method of an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus that can rapidly charge an ultrasound probe while having a simple configuration. An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes a mobile information terminal, an ultrasound probe that incorporates a probe battery and is wirelessly connected to the mobile information terminal, a charger that charges the probe battery, and a battery-integrated power source that incorporates a power supply battery and is connected to the charger.
Claims20
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus comprising:
- a mobile information terminal;
- an ultrasound probe that incorporates a first battery and is wirelessly connected to the mobile information terminal;
- a charger configured to charge the first battery;
- and
- a battery-integrated power source that incorporates a second battery and is connected to the charger,
- wherein the ultrasound probe is charged by the charger using power supplied from the battery-integrated power source.
A control method of an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus in which an ultrasound probe that incorporates a first battery is wirelessly connected to a mobile information terminal, the control method comprising:
- connecting a battery-integrated power source that incorporates a second battery to a charger;
- and
- charging the ultrasound probe by the charger using power supplied from the battery-integrated power source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.