Patent ID: 11903764
Assignee: SHENZHEN MINDRAY BIO-MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  H | IPC A  H

Claim 0:
1. A wireless handheld ultrasound system for imaging a human body comprising:
a transducer port;
a transmitter to generate an electrical transmit waveform;
a transmit/receive switch to convey the electrical transmit waveform to the transducer port during a transmit mode;
an ultrasound transducer removably coupled to the transducer port to receive the electrical transmit waveform from the transducer port, generate therefrom ultrasonic waves for transmission into a body of a patient, and convert ultrasonic echoes received from the body of the patient into electrical signals;
a receiver to receive the electrical signals from the transmit/receive switch during a receive mode and convert the electrical signals into digital data;
an image processor coupled to the receiver to convert the digital data into an image; and
a power section coupled to the ultrasound transducer and the image processor, the power section comprising:
a battery;
a charging circuit to charge the battery; and
an ultrasonic wireless power transducer coupled to the charging circuit to convert ultrasonic wireless power received from an external power source into electrical energy for the charging circuit,
wherein the ultrasound transducer, the image processor, and the power section are contained within a single, portable, handheld unit.