Patent ID: 9561015
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. An ultrasound system, comprising: a probe for acquiring ultrasound data associated with a patient; a microphone for detecting audio; a processor module configured to receive the ultrasound data from the probe, the processor module processing the ultrasound data to form an image file, the processor module being further configured to receive the audio from the microphone, the processor module forming a voice recording file based on the received audio; a memory for storing the image, file and the voice recording file, the processor module automatically associating the image file and the voice recording file with each other; and a display for displaying a recording icon and an image associated with the image file, wherein the recording icon indicates an ON state of recording and an OFF state of recording; wherein the image file comprises multiple consecutive frames of data acquired over time, the processor module combining the voice recording file and the image file into a single combined file, wherein the voice recording file is synchronized with respect to the image file within the single combined file.