US 11,937,984 B2
Active ingress detection system for medical probes
Rajeev C. Mandwal, Linz (AT)
Assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Filed by GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Filed on Aug. 25, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/002,435.
Prior Publication US 2022/0061820 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G01L 19/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01); G05B 23/02 (2006.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01)
CPC A61B 8/546 (2013.01) [A61B 8/4472 (2013.01); A61B 8/4488 (2013.01); A61B 8/4494 (2013.01); A61B 8/461 (2013.01); G01L 19/0092 (2013.01); G01N 33/0036 (2013.01); G01S 7/52053 (2013.01); G01S 15/8934 (2013.01); G05B 23/0218 (2013.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
monitoring, with a sensor within an ultrasound probe, an internal environment of the medical probe;
detecting, with the sensor, at least one of a temperature, humidity, or concentration of a gas within the medical probe;
determining, with a processor, that at least one of the temperature, humidity, or the concentration of the gas is above or below a threshold; and
outputting, with the processor, a notification in response to determining that at least one of the temperature, humidity, or the concentration of gas is above or below the threshold,
wherein the threshold corresponds to a temperature and the method further comprises:
determining, with the processor, the threshold as a function of a time the ultrasound probe has been on; and
wherein said determining with the processor that at least one of the temperature, humidity, or the concentration of the gas is above or below a threshold comprises determining that the temperature is below the threshold.