Provided are a wireless ultrasound probe and an ultrasound imaging apparatus connected with the wireless ultrasound probe. The wireless ultrasound probe includes: a battery; and a charging terminal connector that is coupled to a power supply terminal of the ultrasound imaging apparatus and receives power from the power supply terminal to charge the battery, wherein the charging terminal connector has a unique shape configured to be physically coupled to the power supply terminal.

According to one embodiment, an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes a transmission beam former and a transmitting circuit. The transmission beam former generates a transmission pulse. The transmitting circuit supplies an ultrasound transducer with the transmission pulse received from the transmission beam former as a drive signal. The supply of a clock necessary for the generation of the transmission pulse is stopped during a substantial reception period of echo signals from the ultrasound transducer.

A switch circuit connected to a transducer, a reception circuit connected to the switch circuit, a first switch element connected to a reception terminal provided between the switch circuit and the reception circuit, a first resistance element connected to a control terminal of the switch circuit, a second resistance element provided inside the reception circuit, and a second switch element provided inside the reception circuit are provided.

A probe includes a working channel, at least one optical element provided in the working channel and configured to acquire a spectral image of surface information of an object, and an ultrasonic transducer arranged in the working channel and configured to acquire an ultrasonic image of depth information of the target and move with respect to the at least one optical element.

In an ultrasound system and a control method of the ultrasound system, in a case where the number of times of an operation corresponding to first operation information as at least one piece of operation information among a plurality of pieces of operation information corresponding to a wireless connection error, which is performed by a user, has reached a predetermined number within a predetermined period, second operation information as at least one piece of the operation information among the plurality of pieces of operation information, which corresponds to an operation that is not performed by the user, is proposed to the user.

A system and method for automatically cleaning air filters of a medical imaging system is provided. The method includes monitoring an air filter operating condition, determining that the air filter operating condition is not within a pre-determined threshold, and providing a control signal to at least one air filter. The at least one air filter comprises a motor, drive shaft, rotatable passive shaft, continuous belt air filter, and a stationary filter brush. The drive shaft is rotatably coupled to the motor. The continuous belt air filter is coupled to the drive shaft and the passive shaft. The stationary filter brush is mounted against the continuous belt air filter. The method includes rotating, by the motor in response to the control signal, the drive shaft to translate the continuous belt air filter around and between the drive shaft and the rotatable passive shaft, and across the stationary filter brush.

The present invention provides monitoring of brain blood circulation in a patient with cardiac pacemaker for the prevention of symptoms associated with pacemaker syndrome and stroke. The monitoring of brain blood flow velocity is performed using a transcranial Doppler ultrasound device synchronized with an implanted cardiac pacemaker, to select the pacing mode that enhances cerebral perfusion in the patient. The system further detects microembolic signals in the cerebral circulation and triggers sonothrombolysis as well as release of thromolytic and neuroprotective agents for clot dissolution.

An ultrasound system includes: an ultrasound device having a two-dimensional array of ultrasound transducers; and a smartphone or tablet in operative communication with the ultrasound device. The ultrasound system is configured to: collect multiple sets of ultrasound data from multiple regions within the subject; detect fetal heartbeat signals and uterine contraction signals; monitor a fetal heartbeat signal among the fetal heartbeat signals by automatically steering an ultrasound beam to a first region among the multiple regions within the subject to collect first further ultrasound data from the first region based on a quality of the fetal heartbeat signal; and monitor a uterine contraction signal among the uterine contraction signals by automatically steering the ultrasound beam to a second region among the multiple regions within the subject to collect second further ultrasound data from the second region based on a quality of the uterine contraction signal.

The present disclosure relates to a method and system for diagnosing blood vessel obstruction, such as would occur in deep vein thrombosis (DVT). More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a software tool for use with sensor hardware to allow users to perform standardised and repeatable testing of patients to assist with diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis or related conditions. The present disclosure further relates to an apparatus and method for conducting the diagnosis. The apparatus includes an imaging probe and a computing device, where the computing device is configured to assist the user in placing the imaging probe on a blood vessel and moving the imaging probe between predetermined landmarks along the blood vessel.

A patient monitor that acquires and displays first vital sign information and second vital sign information of a subject includes an event detection unit that is configured to detect an activation start event for starting an activation process of biological information processing software which performs a process pertaining to the second vital sign information and an activating event for activating the biological information processing software and a software control unit that causes the biological information processing software to be in a standby state, in which a part of the activation process of the biological information processing software has been performed, when the activation start event is detected by the event detection unit, and causes the biological information processing software to be in an active state from the standby state when the activating event is detected by the event detection unit.