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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2010
Yoshiaki Satoh, Kaisei-machi, JP;
Hiroyuki Karasawa, Kaisei-machi, JP;
Yoshiaki Satoh, Kaisei-machi, JP;
Hiroyuki Karasawa, Kaisei-machi, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
When a transfer signal according to ultrasonic echoes is wirelessly transmitted from an ultrasonic probe to an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus main body, the main body and the probe are reliably connected without false recognition. An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasonic probe and an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus main body, and the ultrasonic probe includes a probe ID transport unit having a transport distance shorter than that of a first wireless communication unit for transporting a probe ID for identification of itself in contact or noncontact to an outside, the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus main body includes a probe ID acquiring unit for acquiring the probe ID transported from the probe ID transport unit, and a second wireless communication unit receives the transfer signal from the ultrasonic probe having the probe ID acquired by the probe ID acquiring unit.