Patent ID: 11903772
Assignee: FUJIFILM HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 3:
4. An ultrasonic diagnostic device operated by an examiner, the ultrasonic diagnostic device being connected, via a communication line, to a remote device operated by an advisor who gives advice to the examiner, the ultrasonic diagnostic device comprising:
a probe that transmits and receives ultrasonic waves;
a display device that displays an ultrasonic image generated by transmitting and receiving the ultrasonic waves;
a communication unit that transmits image data for displaying the ultrasonic image to the remote device and receives character string data representing a voice of the advisor from the remote device;
a plurality of response elements to be selected by the examiner, the plurality of response elements being physical buttons or virtual buttons displayed on the display device; and
a response table including a plurality of pieces of response information corresponding to the plurality of response elements,
wherein data which represents an advice character string corresponding to the character string data representing the voice of the advisor is received by the communication unit from the remote device,
wherein the advice character string corresponding to advice from the advisor is displayed along with an advisor image of the advisor on the display device of the ultrasonic diagnostic device while ultrasonic examination is being performed by the examiner,
wherein response information selected from the plurality of pieces of response information according to a response element selected from the plurality of response elements is transmitted from the communication unit to the remote device, and
wherein a response character string corresponding to a response from the examiner is displayed on the remote device based on the response information.