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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:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Jiayu Chen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Douglas G. Summers, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/4488 (2013.01); A61B 8/0825 (2013.01); A61B 8/403 (2013.01); A61B 8/429 (2013.01); A61B 8/4218 (2013.01); A61B 8/4461 (2013.01); A61B 8/4494 (2013.01); A61B 8/483 (2013.01); A61B 8/546 (2013.01); G01S 7/5205 (2013.01); G01S 7/52079 (2013.01); G01S 7/52082 (2013.01); G01S 15/899 (2013.01); G01S 15/8993 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various methods and systems are provided for a removable transducer module having memory. In one example, a transducer module for an ultrasound imaging system comprises a casing configured to fit into a module receiver of the ultrasound imaging system, an array of transducer elements, and a non-transitory memory configured to store at least one of usage data and specification data for the transducer module.