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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tadahiro Yamakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Sei Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ge Yokogawa Medical Systems, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 ;
Abstract
In order that an image observed last is ensured to be re-displayed even if an operator inadvertently misses a command to save the image before releasing freeze, an image save processing is activated when the operator commands freeze during cine display, and the latest freeze-displayed image is tagged with a last mark by the image save processing (Step R,). The image tagged with the last mark is automatically saved.