Patent ID: 7998072
Filing Date: 2011-08-16
Classification: A61B,G01S

Abstract:
1. An ultrasound probe for connection with an imaging system, the probe comprising: an ultrasound transducer; a releasable connector electrically connected with the ultrasound transducer and releasably connectable with an ultrasound imaging system, the releasable connector having a plurality of electrical outputs for respective signals each representing one or more different elements; an analog-to-digital converter connected between the ultrasound transducer and the releasable connector and separate from the ultrasound imaging system and an imaging system housing; a coaxial cable electrically connecting the ultrasound transducer to the analog-to-digital converter, the coaxial cable having a length longer than a longest dimension of a probe housing housing the ultrasound transducer; and a connector housing connected with an end of the coaxial cable, at least part of the coaxial cable outside of the connector housing and the probe housing, and the connector housing at least partially around the releasable connector and the analog-to-digital converter, the housing spaced from the ultrasound transducer; wherein the releasable connector mates with and is releasable from the imaging system housing, and the coaxial cable is non-releasably connected with the connector housing, the connector housing positionable against the imaging system housing when the releasable connector mates with the imaging system housing and when the releasable connector is connected for communicating from the analog-to-digital converter to the ultrasound imaging system, the connector housing having a lesser volume than the imaging system housing.