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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2015
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Warren Lee, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Naveenan Thiagarajan, Schenectady, NY (US);
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H01M 10/46 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/4433 (2013.01); A61B 8/546 (2013.01); A61B 8/56 (2013.01); H02J 7/0027 (2013.01); H02J 7/0044 (2013.01); H02J 7/025 (2013.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02);
Abstract
A docking station for electrically charging and managing a thermal condition of an ultrasound probe is presented. The docking station includes a first charging unit magnetically coupled to an induction unit of the ultrasound probe and configured to charge at least one battery in the ultrasound probe. Further, the docking station includes a first cooling unit thermally coupled to a thermal unit of the ultrasound probe and configured to dissipate heat from the ultrasound probe.