Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Docking station for electrically charging and managing a thermal condition of an ultrasound probe
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Application No.: US14973739Application Date: 2015-12-18
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Publication No.: US10206658B2Publication Date: 2019-02-19
- Inventor: Warren Lee , Naveenan Thiagarajan
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: GE Global Patent Operation
- Agent Pabitra Chakrabarti
- Main IPC: H01M10/44
- IPC: H01M10/44 ; H01M10/46 ; A61B8/00 ; H02J7/00 ; H02J7/02 ; H02J50/10

Abstract:
A docking station for electrically charging and managing a thermal condition of an ultrasound probe is presented. The docking station includes a first charging unit magnetically coupled to an induction unit of the ultrasound probe and configured to charge at least one battery in the ultrasound probe. Further, the docking station includes a first cooling unit thermally coupled to a thermal unit of the ultrasound probe and configured to dissipate heat from the ultrasound probe.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170172542A1 DOCKING STATION FOR AN ULTRASOUND PROBE Public/Granted day:2017-06-22
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