US 12,257,106 B2
Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus connected to wireless ultrasound probes and method of operating the same
Gil-ju Jin, Gangwon-do (KR); Yu-ri Kim, Gangwon-do (KR); Mi-jeoung Ahn, Gangwon-do (KR); and Jae-moon Jo, Gangwon-do (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG MEDISON CO. LTD., Gangwon-Do (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD., Gangwon-do (KR)
Filed on Apr. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/131,177.
Application 18/131,177 is a continuation of application No. 17/339,261, filed on Jun. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,647,986.
Application 17/339,261 is a continuation of application No. 15/871,212, filed on Jan. 15, 2018, granted, now 11,051,787, issued on Jul. 6, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/550,054, filed on Aug. 25, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2017-0181453 (KR), filed on Dec. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0233183 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/4472 (2013.01) [A61B 8/565 (2013.01); A61B 8/4405 (2013.01); A61B 8/4477 (2013.01); A61B 8/463 (2013.01); A61B 8/464 (2013.01); A61B 8/466 (2013.01); A61B 8/467 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireless ultrasound probe comprising:
a plurality of transducer elements configured to transmit ultrasound signals and receive echo signals;
an image processor configured to generate ultrasound image data based on the echo signals;
a first communicator configured to wirelessly pair with an electronic device;
a second communicator configured to transmit the ultrasound image data to the electronic device; and
a controller configured to:
based on the first communicator being paired with the electronic device, control the first communicator to transmit identification (ID) information of the wireless ultrasound probe to the paired electronic device, and
based on receiving an activation signal from the paired electronic device, control the second communicator to transmit the ultrasound image data to the paired electronic device.