PROBE APPARATUS, MEDICAL INSTRUMENT COMPRISING SAM

专利名称：PROBE APPARATUS, MEDICAL INSTRUMENT

COMPRISING SAME, AND CONTROLMETHOD OF PROBE APPARATUS

发明人：LEE, Jei-young,KIM, Dong-ki,KIM, Young-hwan,SEO, Min-woo

申请号：EP16855779.1申请日：20161014公开号：EP3335636A1公开日：20180620

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摘要：Disclosed are a probe apparatus, a medical instrument having the same, and a

method of controlling the probe apparatus, in which a medical probe apparatus includesa main body; and a head which is detachably provided in the main body, and includes atransducer array configured to output an ultrasound for diagnosis of an object, the mainbody including: a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal to and from thetransducer array through a plurality of channels; and at least one processor configuredto control the transceiver to transmit a predetermined test signal to the transducerarray of the head mounted to the main body, determine a probe type corresponding tothe transducer array of the mounted head based on a feedback signal received throughthe transceiver in response to the test signal, and make the probe apparatus operatecorresponding to the determined probe type. Thus, a transducer having various shapes isselectively mounted to an ultrasound probe, and an operation automatically optimizedto the mounted probe type is possible without additional parts or costs.

申请人：Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

地址：129, Samsung-ro Yeongtong-gu Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do 16677 KR

国籍：KR

代理机构：Appleyard Lees IP LLP

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