Patent ID: 6135958
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system comprising:beam forming circuitry;a scan converter coupled with the beam forming circuitry;an ultrasound operating system processor coupled with the beam forming circuitry;a display coupled with the ultrasound operating system processor and operative to display a medical diagnostic ultrasound image;a housing carrying the beam forming circuitry, scan converter, and ultrasound operating system processor, anda touch-pad pointing device coupled with the ultrasound operating system processor, the touch-pad pointing device being operative to position a pointer on the medical diagnostic ultrasound image displayed on the display;wherein the touch-pad pointing device comprises a plurality of comers and wherein the invention further comprises a bezel adjacent the touch-pad pointing device, the bezel being shaped to cover at least one comer of said plurality of corners.