US 12,029,613 B2
Diagnostic ultrasound apparatus
Tatsushi Chihara, Tokyo (JP); Takahiko Shiraishi, Kunitachi (JP); and Yasuhiro Nakamura, Sagamihara (JP)
Assigned to KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/051,733.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-182511 (JP), filed on Nov. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0148030 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/4411 (2013.01) [A61B 8/4405 (2013.01); A61B 8/4427 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A diagnostic ultrasound apparatus comprising a body, a display, a console, a probe port, a battery and a cart configured as separate units,
wherein the display, the console, the probe port and the battery are attachable to and detachable from the body,
wherein the body, the display and the console are attachable to and detachable from the cart,
wherein the body, the display, the console, the probe port, the battery, and the cart are configurable in a plurality of configurations including:
a cart style configuration in which (i) the body with the probe port and the battery attached, (ii) the display and (iii) the console are attached to the cart,
a desktop style configuration in which the body, the display, the console, the probe port, and the battery are detached from the cart, and the display and the console are detached from the body with the probe port and the battery attached, and
a hand-carry style configuration in which the display, the console, the probe port and the battery are each attached and connected to the body.