Patent ID: 9310474
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: A61B,G01S,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A portable ultrasound imaging apparatus, comprising: a housing; a display device amounted on the housing; a processor disposed within the housing and coupled with the display device to present ultrasound images; a beamformer disposed within the housing and coupled with the processor to control an ultrasound transducer; a support component hingedly coupled with the housing to allow the support component to rotate with respect to the housing about an axis parallel to an edge of the display device; and an adjustable assembly coupled between the support component and the housing; wherein when the adjustable assembly is in a first configuration, the support component is locked to the housing with respect to rotation about the axis; wherein when the adjustable assembly is in a second configuration, the support component is rotatable about the axis with respect to the housing; wherein the adjustable assembly includes wherein when the key moves in a first direction parallel to the axis to a first position in the slot, at least a portion of side surfaces of the key is in contact with the walls to prevent the key from moving in the slot in the first direction beyond the first position; wherein when the key is at the first position in the slot, the adjustable assembly is locked in the first configuration, and the key is movable in a second direction opposite to the first direction to a second position in the slot to provide a gap between the walls and the side surfaces of the key; and wherein when the key is at the second position in the slot, the adjustable assembly is in the second configuration and allows the support component to rotatable about the axis with respect to the housing.