Patent ID: 8914245

Claim:
An ultrasonic probe which scans a subject with beams of sound waves comprising: a transducer to produce sound waves; a means to steer the sound waves in the direction of a subject; a printed circuit board with a non-volatile memory; a micro electrico-mechanical accelerometer integrated circuit; an outlet connector; and a logic device that is electrically coupled to the accelerometer and transducer, wherin said micro electrico-mechanical accelerometer integrated circuit detects the movement of the probe in two to three axes when the probe is rotated or moved in a linear direction to allow the probe to detect images from more than one plane, wherein the logic device instructs the transducer to produce the sound waves for scanning the subject and saves a first image from a first position based on the movement detection of the micro electrico-mechanical accelerometer integrated circuit, wherein the logic determines that the ultrasonic probe is rotated to a second predetermined position relative to the first position based on the movement detection of the micro electrico-mechanical accelerometer integrated circuit, and responsive to determining that the ultrasonic probe is rotated the second predetermined position, the logic device instruct the transducer to produce the sound waves for scanning the subject and saves a second image from the second predetermined position.