Acuson Corporation

Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.

Joseph J Molinari

Richard W Henderson

Martin Joseph Crnkovich

Kenneth Douglas Wood

Colin Weaver

Christian Schlaeper

Robert Mesaros

Mohsen Reihanifam

Anastasia M Mikula-Curtis

David E Burris

Nelson Sun Au

Andrew L Zee

John Alexander Hossack

Gilbert Y Wong

Glenn L Hansen

Douglas J Gallinat

James G O'Young

Timothy E Petersen

John R Dovala

Dean F Hoornaert

Randall J Bertuccelli

Jeremy H Galten

John C Foot

Sean C Little

Thomas J Markiewicz

Dialysis machine status light housing

Dialysis machine

The preferred embodiments described herein provide a medical diagnostic ultrasonic transducer probe and imaging system for use with a position and orientation sensor. In one preferred embodiment, an ultrasonic transducer probe comprises a position and orientation sensor and a memory device comprising calibration data for the position and orientation sensor. The memory device is adapted to provide the calibration data to a medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system coupled with the ultrasonic transducer probe. In another preferred embodiment, a medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system comprises a memory device comprising a plurality of position and orientation sensor calibration data. Each of the plurality of position and orientation sensor calibration data is associated with a respective ultrasonic transducer probe family. In operation, identification of a probe family of an ultrasonic transducer probe is provided to the ultrasound system. The ultrasound system then selects the position and orientation sensor calibration data corresponding to the identified probe family.

Medical diagnostic ultrasonic transducer probe and imaging system for use with a position and orientation sensor

A diagnostic medical imaging ultrasound system comprises a flat panel display device to provide ultrasound images to an operator. The flat panel display device produces an image with sufficient contrast ratio, response time, and angular fidelity to display high-quality ultrasound images. The display device is secured to an ultrasound system cart and can be positioned away from the cart. The display device can also be secured to a structure that is physically independent from an ultrasound image generator and can be ergonomically positioned with respect to a patient and operator for superior ergonomics.

Ultrasound system display device

Medical ultrasound system

Transducer connector case

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Redwood City, CA, United States of America

Joseph J Molinari