Device use-time estimation
AssigneeExo Imaging, Inc.
InventorsAron COOPERMAN, Seline Andrea GEIGER, Thomas TARTER
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for estimating the operational capabilities of a portable medical device, such as an ultrasound imaging device. A user may select a medical procedure, which can determine one or more operating parameters of the device. Readings from a sensor of the device can then be used to calculate a capability estimation based on the designated procedure and operating parameter(s). The capability estimation can be presented or outputted to a user, for example through a display or incorporated into a treatment program or system use parameters.
Claims21
1-80. (canceled)
A method for estimating operational capabilities of an ultrasound imaging device, the method comprising:
- at a computing device that includes one or more processors and memory associated with the ultrasound imaging device:
- receiving a selection of a medical procedure;
- determining an operating parameter of the imaging device based on the selected medical procedure;
- receiving operational data from a sensor of the imaging device;
- calculating a capability estimation, related to the selected medical procedure to be performed using the imaging device, that is based on the operating parameter and the operational data;
- and
- outputting the capability estimation to a user.
An ultrasound imaging system comprising:
- one or more medical imaging devices each having a processor and a sensor;
- and
- a controller device having a program stored in memory, the program comprising instructions for:
- receiving a selection of one or more medical procedures;
- determining an operating parameter of each of the one or more medical devices based on the selection of one or more medical procedures;
- receiving operational data from the sensor of each of the one or more medical devices;
- calculating a capability estimation, related to the selection of one or more medical procedures to be performed using the one or more medical devices, that is based on the operating parameter and the operational data of each of the one or more medical devices;
- and
- outputting the capability estimation to a user.
A system for avoiding downtime during a medical imaging scan, the system comprising one or more medical imaging devices comprising a sensor, a plurality of operational modes, and an operational shut-off limit causing the one or more medical imaging devices to cease operation in response to the sensor, wherein a system processor and a memory are configured to receive a reading from the sensor and perform an algorithm to provide a real-time operational capability prediction of the one or more medical imaging devices based on the reading, a selected operational mode, and a selected medical procedure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.