US 12,478,355 B2
Ultrasound system self-test data feedback for system trend analysis
Richard Anthony Sampson, II, Everett, MA (US); Changhong Hu, Bothell, WA (US); Shubha Rao, Bothell, WA (US); Justus Daniel Smitchger, Bothell, WA (US); and Daniel Schmiesing, Granite Falls, WA (US)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 18/268,642
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Dec. 16, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/086046
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 21, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/136077, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 30, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/129,436, filed on Dec. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0032897 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/58 (2013.01) [A61B 8/565 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for conducting resident self-tests (RST) of an ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system comprising:
running a self-test program on an ultrasound system to test a hardware component of the ultrasound system and storing results of the test in a self-test log;
uploading the self-test log to a database of self-test data;
downloading the database of self-test data for analysis;
sorting the self-test data;
analyzing the self-test data, the analyzing including trending analysis for predictive monitoring so that hardware components can be repaired or replaced before their performance has reached a failure level;
developing a new self-test program; and
uploading the new self-test program to the ultrasound system.