US 12,453,534 B2
Ultrasound probe with integrated data collection methodologies
Steffan Sowards, Salt Lake City, UT (US); William Robert McLaughlin, Bountiful, UT (US); and Anthony K. Misener, Bountiful, UT (US)
Assigned to Bard Access Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed by Bard Access Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/987,717.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/280,047, filed on Nov. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0148993 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/463 (2013.01) [A61B 8/4444 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ultrasound-imaging system, comprising:
an ultrasound probe including (i) an array of ultrasonic transducers, activated ultrasonic transducers of the array of ultrasonic transducers configured to emit generated ultrasound signals into a patient, receive reflected ultrasound signals from the patient, and convert the reflected ultrasound signals into corresponding electrical signals of the generated ultrasound signals for processing into an ultrasound image, and (ii) a secondary data collection module including a rotatable arm having a camera positioned thereon, wherein the ultrasound probe includes a groove that is configured to receive the rotatable arm when in a closed position; and
a console configured to communicate with the ultrasound probe, the console including one or more processors and a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon logic, when executed by the one or more processors, causes operations including:
receiving and processing the corresponding electrical signals to generate the ultrasound image,
receiving secondary data from the secondary data collection module, wherein the secondary data includes image data from the camera, and
generating a graphical user interface (GUI) is rendered on a display screen of a network device, wherein the GUI includes at least a portion of the image data.