US 11,723,624 B2
Ultrasound imaging system with automatic configuration management and hinge mechanism
Craig Chamberlain, Bothell, WA (US); Patrick Nally, Bothell, WA (US); Ben Dekock, Bothell, WA (US); Gina Kelly, Bothell, WA (US); and Roger Swezey, Bothell, WA (US)
Assigned to FUJIFILM SONOSITE, INC., Bothell, WA (US)
Filed by FUJIFILM SONOSITE, INC., Bothell, WA (US)
Filed on Nov. 28, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/203,367.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/716,210, filed on Aug. 8, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/690,532, filed on Jun. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0000430 A1, Jan. 2, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61N 7/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/4444 (2013.01) [A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/4254 (2013.01); A61B 8/54 (2013.01); A61B 8/4477 (2013.01); A61B 8/4483 (2013.01); A61B 8/461 (2013.01); A61N 7/02 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ultrasound imaging system, comprising:
a probe configured to send and receive ultrasound for performing a medical exam, a medical procedure, or both;
a first display device coupled to the probe;
a second display device coupled to the first display device;
a first interface on the first display device to display images corresponding to received ultrasound signals;
a second interface on the second display device to display the images corresponding to the received ultrasound signals, a graphic user interface (GUI), or both; and
one or more processors operably coupled to the probe, the one or more processors configured to:
select a mode of operation from a plurality of modes of operation of the ultrasound imaging system comprising a diagnostic mode that is used to perform the medical exam and a procedural mode that is used to perform the medical procedure based on a position of the first display device, wherein the first display device and the second display device operate to monitor a patient's tissue for the medical exam in accordance with the diagnostic mode when the first display device is at a first position relative to the second display device and wherein the first display device and the second display device operate to monitor an interventional instrument for the medical procedure in accordance with the procedural mode when the first display device is at a second position relative to the second display device, wherein the first position is associated with a first angle between the first display device and the second display device and the second position is associated with a second angle between the first display device and the second display device; and
adjust one or more settings of the imaging system according to the mode of operation.