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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2010
Wireless ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, wireless ultrasonic probe, and probe authentication method
Yasuhito Watanabe, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhito Watanabe, Osaka, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A wireless ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus () including a wireless ultrasonic probe () and a diagnostic device (). The wireless ultrasonic probe () includes: a wireless transmission unit () which wirelessly transmits echo data (); and an ultrasound transmission unit () which transmits pairing ultrasound () including probe information for identifying the wireless ultrasonic probe (). The diagnostic device () includes: an ultrasound reception unit () which receives the pairing ultrasound (); a probe information detection unit () which detects the probe information () from the pairing ultrasound (); and a wireless reception unit () which determines, using the probe information (), whether or not received data is the echo data () wirelessly transmitted by the wireless ultrasonic probe ().