US 12,081,043 B2
Wireless ultrasound probe using wirelessly supplied power, ultrasound diagnosis apparatus wirelessly connected to wireless ultrasound probe, operating method of ultrasound diagnosis apparatus, and operating method of wireless ultrasound probe
Gil-Ju Jin, Seoul (KR); and Mi-Jeoung Ahn, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD., Gangwon-do (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD., Gangwon-do (KR)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/953,939.
Application 16/688,564 is a division of application No. 14/263,675, filed on Apr. 28, 2014, granted, now 10,575,824, issued on Mar. 3, 2020.
Application 17/953,939 is a continuation of application No. 16/688,564, filed on Nov. 19, 2019, granted, now 11,457,894.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2013-0047696 (KR), filed on Apr. 29, 2013; and application No. 10-2013-0075947 (KR), filed on Jun. 28, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2023/0014965 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.01); H02J 50/15 (2016.01); H02J 50/40 (2016.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.01); H02J 50/90 (2016.01)
CPC H02J 50/80 (2016.02) [A61B 8/4472 (2013.01); A61B 8/462 (2013.01); A61B 8/467 (2013.01); A61B 8/54 (2013.01); A61B 8/56 (2013.01); A61B 8/565 (2013.01); H02J 7/00034 (2020.01); H02J 7/0048 (2020.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.02); H02J 50/15 (2016.02); H02J 50/40 (2016.02); A61B 8/4405 (2013.01); A61B 8/4411 (2013.01); A61B 8/4433 (2013.01); A61B 8/465 (2013.01); H02J 50/90 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An operating method of an ultrasound probe, the operating method comprising:
obtaining a plurality of pieces of information about power transmission channels via which power is wirelessly transmitted to the ultrasound probe, respectively;
displaying a power transmission channel list which display identifiers that correspond to the power transmission channels, based on the plurality of pieces of information about the power transmission channels;
listing at least some of the plurality of pieces of information on the power transmission channel list based on a priority order of the power transmission channels;
selecting a power transmission channel, being appropriate to transmit wireless power to the ultrasound probe, from the power transmission channel list based on the one or more pieces of information,
wherein the power transmission channel list includes a plurality of wireless power transmission methods by which the power transmission channels transmit wireless power.