Patent ID: 11903766
Assignee: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. A medical imaging system, comprising:
an ultrasound probe coupled to a trans-esophageal echocardiography (TEE) control handle via an insertion tube with an articulated neck mechanism, the articulated neck mechanism configured to flex to adjust a position and/or orientation of the ultrasound probe in response to an operator of the medical imaging system adjusting a first set of controls arranged on the TEE control handle; and
an ultrasound device coupled to the TEE control handle via a cable, the ultrasound device comprising a display device and a processor communicably coupled to the TEE control handle and the display device, and including instructions stored in a non-transitory memory that when executed cause the processor to:
in response to the operator adjusting the first set of controls, adjust a graphical display element of a user interface (UI) displayed on the display device to indicate the adjusted position and/or orientation of the ultrasound probe;
in response to the operator adjusting a second set of controls arranged on the TEE control handle in a first manner, adjust a focus of the UI displayed on the display device between a plurality of display panels of the UI;
in response to the operator adjusting the second set of controls in a second manner, adjust a focus of the UI displayed on the display device between a plurality of control elements included within a selected display panel of the plurality of display panels of the UI;
indicate a location of the adjusted focus of the UI in the UI displayed on the display device; and
in response to the operator selecting a control element of the plurality of control elements at the location of the adjusted focus via the second set of controls, execute a functionality of the medical imaging system associated with the control element.