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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:
Nov. 11, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 11, 2022
Applicant:

Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc., Bothell, WA (US);

Inventors:

Craig Chamberlain, Bothell, WA (US);

Andrew Lundberg, Bothell, WA (US);

Patrick Nally, Bothell, WA (US);

Kenji Kimura, Bothell, WA (US);

Trevor Rogers, Bothell, WA (US);

Tyler Dawson, Bothell, WA (US);

Saeed Aliakbari, Bothell, WA (US);

Davin Dhatt, Bothell, WA (US);

Assignee:

FUJIFILM SONOSITE, INC., Bothell, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G16H 40/40 (2018.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G16H 40/40 (2018.01); A61B 8/4281 (2013.01); A61B 8/4433 (2013.01); A61B 8/4472 (2013.01); A61B 8/56 (2013.01); A61B 8/565 (2013.01); G01C 21/383 (2020.08); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); A61B 8/465 (2013.01); A61B 8/467 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of ultrasound utility station and methods for using the same are disclosed. In some embodiments, the method includes displaying a status of the ultrasound machine that indicates a location of the ultrasound machine and an amount of charge of a battery of the ultrasound machine, and displaying an additional status that indicates an additional location of the ultrasound utility station and one or more available ultrasound probes on the ultrasound utility station. After receiving a selection of an ultrasound probe of the available ultrasound probes and a user input that determines a schedule for said configuring the ultrasound machine, the method instructs the ultrasound utility station to charge the battery of the ultrasound machine and provide the ultrasound probe for transfer to the ultrasound machine.


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