Patent ID: 11918416
Assignee: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 13:
14. A method for suspending a wireless ultrasound probe in an ultrasound probe hanger, the method comprising:
moving the wireless ultrasound probe positioned upright and rotated sideways through a central front open portion of a probe holder of the ultrasound probe hanger, wherein the wireless ultrasound probe comprises at least one transducer head and a probe body, the probe body comprising corner portions, and wherein the ultrasound probe hanger comprises:
a stem having a distal end, a proximal end, and a longitudinal axis;
shoulders extending away from the longitudinal axis of the stem, the shoulders comprising a central shoulder portion and outer shoulder portions, each of the outer shoulder portions having an outer shoulder end, the central shoulder portion connected to proximal end of the stem;
arms arranged parallel to each other, each of the arms having an upper end and a lower end, the upper end of each of the arms connected to the outer shoulder end of a different one of the outer shoulder portions of the shoulders; and
the probe holder comprising:
outer side portions, each of the outer side portions connected to the lower end of a different one of the arms,
a rear portion comprising outer rear portions and a central rear portion, the rear portion extending between and connecting the outer side portions,
a partially-open front portion comprising outer front portions and the central front open portion, the outer front portions each extending from a different one of the outer side portions to the central front open portion, and
four protrusions arranged in a rectangle on an inside surface of the outer rear portions of the rear portion and the outer front portions of the partially-open front portion;

rotating the wireless ultrasound probe 60 to 120 degrees within the probe holder; and
placing the corner portions of the probe body of the wireless ultrasound probe on the four protrusions of the probe holder to securely suspend the wireless ultrasound probe within the probe holder.