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 |
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.
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