Inventors:
Emil Markov Georgiev - Hartland WI, US
Menachem Halmann - Bayside WI, US
Douglas Dietz - Pewaukee WI, US
Yalan Yang - Wuxi, CN
Jeffery Scott Peiffer - Waukesha WI, US
Robert Andrew Meurer - Waukesha WI, US
Yu Ma - Wuxi, CN
Jonathan Alan Bowman - Montgomery AL, US
Sarah Cooper-Davis - Milwaukee WI, US
Renee Stasiewicz - Dousman WI, US
Betty Edith Francoise Hohmann - Buc, FR
Adel Dotzler - Wauwatosa WI, US
David Bong - Bruce WI, US
William Arnold - Wilmette IL, US
Alfredo Tirado - Orlando FL, US
Tomer Begaz - Milwaukee WI, US
Eric Shepard - Woodstock MD, US
Steven Clendenen - Ponte Vedra Beach FL, US
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY - Schenectady NY
International Classification:
A61B 8/00
Abstract:
In one embodiment, an ultrasound probe is provided including a probe body with a sensing face arranged to be held in contact with a subject by a user. The probe also provides a tactile interface located on a side of the probe body sufficiently close to the sensing face so that a user can depress the tactile interface with a finger while the probe is grasped by the user via the thumb of the same hand and at least two other fingers of the same hand rest in contact with the subject. The probe includes at least one switch which is activated by depression of the tactile interface.