Patent ID: 11890139
Assignee: BARD ACCESS SYSTEMS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 8:
9. A portable ultrasound system, comprising:
a handheld computer including a display;
a case configured to removably hold the handheld computer, the case including:
a posterior opening configured to frame a camera of the handheld computer;
an anterior opening framing the display of the handheld computer; and
a rechargeable battery integrated into the case opposite the anterior opening;

a probe head coupled to the case, the probe head including an array of ultrasonic transducers powered by the rechargeable battery;
a needle guide coupled to a needle-guide holder of the probe head,
the camera of the handheld computer configured to capture textual data from one-dimensional or two-dimensional barcodes and graphical data at any time, including before ultrasound imaging, with the portable ultrasound system,
the textual data and graphical data including technical details of a needle for accurate on-screen guidance on a display screen of the display when inserting the needle into an anatomical target under the probe head using the needle guide; and

a communicating means for communicating between the probe head and the handheld computer.