US 7,566,305 B2
Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus
Hideo Onodera, Tochigi-ken (Japan)
Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (Japan); and Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi (Japan)
Filed on Jul. 05, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/175,428.
Claims priority of application No. 2004-208125 (JP), filed on Jul. 15, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2006/0036177 A1, Feb. 16, 2006
Int. Cl. A61B 8/14 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 600—459  [439/449] 31 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus, comprising:
an ultrasound probe including a cable, a probe head coupled to one end of the cable, having an ultrasound transducer, and a connector coupled to an other end of the cable, the ultrasound probe being configured to transmit an ultrasound signal and receive an echo signal resulting from the ultrasound signal; and
a main unit having a concave portion into which the connector is inserted, the main unit being configured to receive the echo signal from the ultrasound probe and to process the echo signal so as to obtain an ultrasound image, the concave portion being slanted upwards on a side surface of the main unit at an acute angle with respect to the horizontal direction.