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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2010
Bradley J. Sliger, Seattle, WA (US);
Bradley J. Sliger, Seattle, WA (US);
SonoSite, Inc., Bothell, WA (US);
Abstract
A cable management system for use with electrical devices, such as, for example, a ultrasound imaging system, is provided comprising a rotatable reel coupled to an end of each of an elongated flexible circuit member and an elongated cable. Each of a plurality of wires of the cable is electrically coupled to a respective conductor of the flexible circuit member to create separate conductive paths or signal channels. The cable management system is configured such that, as the cable moves from a generally retracted configuration in which a majority of the cable is wound about the reel to a generally extended configuration, the flexible circuit member simultaneously contracts about the reel. As a corollary, the flexible circuit member relaxes or unwinds as the cable moves from the extended configuration towards the retracted configuration.