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

Claim 5:
6. A system comprising:
an ultrasound probe;
a sensor within the medical probe;
a processor in communication with the sensor; and
a computer readable storage medium in communication with the processor, wherein the processor executes program instructions stored in the computer readable storage medium which cause the processor to:
receive at least one of a temperature, humidity, or concentration of a gas from the sensor;
determine whether at least one of the temperature, humidity, or concentration of a gas is above or below a threshold;
generate a notification in response to determining whether the at least one of the temperature, humidity, or concentration of the gas is above or below the threshold; and
output the notification,, wherein the threshold corresponds to a temperature and the instructions further cause the processor to:
determine the threshold as a function of a time the ultrasound probe has been on; and
wherein said determining 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.