Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc.

Other

Evan McCormack

Craig Chamberlain

Joshua M Hansen

Amanda Mander

Greg Nieminen

Todd Willsie

Ben Dekock

Josh Hansen

Sara Akiko Prokop

Sebastian Tomaszewski

Systems and methods of transmitting heat away from an ultrasound probe are disclosed within. In one embodiment, a handheld ultrasound probe includes a transducer, electronics configured to drive the transducer, and a housing surrounding the transducer assembly and the electronics. A slot extending from a first side of the housing to a second side of the housing and can allow air to pass adjacent transducer and the electronics. The slot can be sized to inhibit accessibility of an operator's finger to an inner surface of slot.

Handheld ultrasound imaging systems and methods for cooling transducers and electronics in the probe housing via air circulation through the housing

Ultrasound device

A portable ultrasound system having a thumb controller is disclosed herein. A portable ultrasound system configured in accordance with one embodiment of the disclosure includes a transducer device and a hand-held base unit removably coupled to the transducer device. The base unit is configured to perform an ultrasound scan and to produce a split screen display. The split screen display includes an active image area at which images of a patient obtained from ultrasound signals received by the transducer device are displayed. The split screen display also includes a thumb control area that is accessible by a user's thumb when holding the portable ultrasound system. For example, the thumb control area can include a thumbwheel having one or more controls that can be selectively activated by the user's thumb when holding the portable ultrasound system and are rotatable on and off of the thumb control area.

Hand-held medical imaging system with thumb controller and associated apparatuses and methods

A portable ultrasound system having an enhanced user interface is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a portable ultrasound system can include a hand-held base unit configured to present a graphical user interface that contains a first control area, a second control area, and an active image area. The first control area can have a number of graphical tools that can each be selectively activated by a user's finger. The second control area can include a control area having plurality of controls that can be selectively activated by the user's thumb to select a tool property of a number of tool properties associated with the selected one of the graphical tools. The active image area can display an ultrasound image, and the selected one of the graphical tools can be overlaid onto the image with the user-selected tool property.

Hand-held medical imaging system with improved user interface for deploying on-screen graphical tools and associated apparatuses and methods

Hand-held medical imaging system with thumb controller and associated systems and methods

Portable ultrasound device

Ultrasound probe

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Kenmore, WA, United States of America

Evan McCormack