Patent ID: 11868581
Assignee: SHENZHEN MINDRAY BIO-MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. An ultrasound imaging system comprising:
an ultrasound transducer configured to transmit ultrasound waves into an exam site and receive therefrom echo signals;
an image processor configured to generate an ultrasound image from the received echo signals;
a primary display configured to display the ultrasound image generated by the image processor; and
a removable touch panel configured to receive power from the ultrasound imaging system when docked, the removable touch panel comprising a secondary display configured to display a first graphical user interface comprising controls for accessing a first set of functions of the ultrasound imaging system while the removable touch panel is docked with the ultrasound imaging system, wherein the controls for accessing the first set of functions include a control for changing the ultrasound transducer;
wherein the removable touch panel, in response to the removable touch panel being undocked, is configured to automatically replace the first graphical user interface with a second graphical user interface optimized for remote control of ultrasound imaging system, wherein the second graphical user interface comprises:
a display area configured to display the generated ultrasound image; and
a control area comprising controls for accessing a second set of functions of the ultrasound imaging system, wherein the second set of functions is a limited subset of the first set of functions, such that the second set of functions includes some but not all of the first set of functions, wherein the controls for accessing the second set of functions does not include the control for changing the ultrasound transducer, and wherein at least a subset of the controls for accessing the second set of functions are contextually active and only displayed for a particular ultrasound imaging mode.