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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 24, 2017
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Cynthia Owen, Powhatan, AR (US);

Alan Tai, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Menachem Halmann, Wauwatosa, WI (US);

Assignee:

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/0833 (2013.01); A61B 8/085 (2013.01); A61B 8/4236 (2013.01); A61B 8/4281 (2013.01); A61B 8/48 (2013.01); A61B 8/4461 (2013.01); A61B 8/461 (2013.01); A61B 8/467 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system includes an ultrasound patch probe and brackets having a body and a base. The body includes a coupler and a hollow interior portion. The coupler is operable to receive the probe at a pre-defined ultrasound acquisition angle. The coupler defines a probe opening to provide the probe access to the hollow interior portion of the body. The coupler of each of the brackets is arranged to receive the probe at a different pre-defined ultrasound acquisition angle. The base surrounds a perimeter of the body and defines a bracket opening that extends through the base to provide access to the hollow interior portion of the body. The base includes a bottom surface operable to be secured against skin of a patient. The ultrasound patch probe is communicatively coupled to an ultrasound imaging system and detachably coupleable to the coupler of any selected one of the brackets.


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