US 12,213,833 B2
Portable ultrasound apparatus, portable ultrasound system and diagnosing method using ultrasound
Gil-ju Jin, Gangwon-do (KR); Mi-jeoung Ahn, Gangwon-do (KR); and Hyoung-jin Kim, Gangwon-do (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD., Gangwon-do (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD., Gangwon-do (KR)
Filed on Nov. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/389,161.
Application 18/389,161 is a continuation of application No. 17/021,269, filed on Sep. 15, 2020, granted, now 11,813,115, issued on Nov. 14, 2023.
Application 17/021,269 is a continuation of application No. 14/060,282, filed on Oct. 22, 2013, granted, now 10,799,212, issued on Oct. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2013-0036438 (KR), filed on Apr. 3, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2024/0074730 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/4427 (2013.01) [A61B 8/4444 (2013.01); A61B 8/4477 (2013.01); A61B 8/465 (2013.01); A61B 8/464 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable ultrasound apparatus comprising:
a first probe;
a second probe having different specifications compared to the first probe;
a sensing unit configured to detect an activated probe from between the first probe and the second probe;
a first activation display unit formed around the first probe and configured to show an activation of the first probe;
a second activation display unit formed around the second probe and configured to show an activation of the second probe;
a first digital beamformer configured to control the first probe;
a second digital beamformer configured to control the second probe; and
a control unit configured to control elements included in the portable ultrasound apparatus.
 
8. A method for controlling a portable ultrasound apparatus comprising a first probe and a second probe having different specifications compared to the first probe, the method comprising:
transmitting an ultrasound signal from an activated probe between the first probe and the second probe;
in a first case that the activated probe is the first probe, she wing an activation of the first probe by turning on a first activation display unit formed around the first probe; and
in a second case that the activated probe is the second probe, showing an activation of the second probe by turning on a second activation display unit formed around the second probe;
wherein the turning on of at least one of the first activation display unit and the second activation display unit is determined based on a direction in which the ultrasound signal is transmitted from the activated probe.