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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2006
Alexander M. Diener, Seattle, WA (US);
Joel Aragon, Snohomish, WA (US);
Bradley J. Sliger, Seattle, WA (US);
Byron A. Meseroll, Seattle, WA (US);
Uli Rankers, Livermore, CA (US);
Alexander M. Diener, Seattle, WA (US);
Joel Aragon, Snohomish, WA (US);
Bradley J. Sliger, Seattle, WA (US);
Byron A. Meseroll, Seattle, WA (US);
Uli Rankers, Livermore, CA (US);
SonoSite, Inc., Bothell, WA (US);
Abstract
When portable diagnostic medical equipment is placed into a dock, or docking station, the batteries of the docking station are used in a hierarchical manner to insure that the batteries in the portable equipment become charged and that any power needed to run the portable device is provided from a power source local to the docking station. In one embodiment, the docking station has a plurality of batteries and the system is designed so that when a portable diagnostic device is docked, the power from the docking station batteries will be used in a predetermined usage pattern so as to preserve (and charge) the batteries in the portable diagnostic tool.