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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2025
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Waukesha, WI (US);
GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Abstract
An ultrasound imaging apparatus and a locking apparatus for a scanning assembly in the ultrasound imaging apparatus. The locking apparatus includes: a scanning assembly connecting apparatus, one end of which has a ball-head structure and the other end of which is connected to the scanning assembly; a fixing member, connected to a main body of the ultrasound imaging apparatus, and including a hollow cavity, the ball-head structure being accommodated within the hollow cavity and movable within the hollow cavity; and a pressing assembly, including a motor assembly, a cylinder assembly, and a pressing member, the cylinder assembly being disposed between the motor assembly and the pressing member, and cylinder gas pressure of the cylinder assembly being increased under the driving of the motor assembly, to drive the pressing member to press against the ball-head structure, thereby locking the scanning assembly.