Patent ID: 11868581
Assignee: SHENZHEN MINDRAY BIO-MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 17:
18. A method performed by an ultrasound imaging system, the method comprising:
transmitting, via an ultrasound transducer, ultrasound waves into an exam site and receiving therefrom echo signals;
generating, via an image processor, an ultrasound image from the received echo signals;
displaying the ultrasound image generated by the image processor on a primary display;
receiving power at a removable touch panel from the ultrasound imaging system, the removable touch panel comprising a secondary display configured to display a first graphical user interface including controls for accessing a first set of functions of the ultrasound imaging system while the removable touch panel is docked with the ultrasound imaging system, wherein the controls for accessing the first set of functions include a control for changing the ultrasound transducer;
detecting that the removable touch panel is no longer docked with the ultrasound imaging system; and
in response to detecting that the removable touch panel is no longer docked with the ultrasound imaging system, automatically replacing the first graphical user interface on the removable touch panel with a second graphical user interface optimized for remote control of the ultrasound imaging system, wherein the second graphical user interface comprises a display area configured to display the generated ultrasound image and a control area including controls for accessing a second set of functions of the ultrasound imaging system, wherein the second set of functions comprises a subset of the first set of functions, such that the second set of functions includes some but not all of the first set of functions, wherein the controls for accessing the second set of functions does not include the control for changing the ultrasound transducer, and wherein at least a subset of the controls for accessing the second set of functions are contextually active and only displayed for a particular ultrasound imaging mode.