Patent ID: 11937984
Assignee: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
monitoring, with a sensor within an ultrasound probe, an internal environment of the medical probe;
detecting, with the sensor, at least one of a temperature, humidity, or concentration of a gas within the medical probe;
determining, with a processor, that at least one of the temperature, humidity, or the concentration of the gas is above or below a threshold; and
outputting, with the processor, a notification in response to determining that at least one of the temperature, humidity, or the concentration of gas is above or below the threshold,, wherein the threshold corresponds to a temperature and the method further comprises:
determining, with the processor, the threshold as a function of a time the ultrasound probe has been on; and
wherein said determining with the processor that at least one of the temperature, humidity, or the concentration of the gas is above or below a threshold comprises determining that the temperature is below the threshold.