CONNECTOR CASE, ULTRASONIC PROBE, AND ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a connector case which can recognize the correct orientation of a connector easily, an ultrasonic probe equipped with such a connector case, and an ultrasonic imaging apparatus equipped with such the ultrasonic probe since the connector or a connector receiver can be broken down when being inserted constrainedly in incorrect orientation by an error and the like although the orientation of the connector which can be inserted in the connector receiver is decided and a structure by which the connector cannot be inserted in other orientation is prepared. SOLUTION: A warning unit 510 is provided on the side of an imaging apparatus body 100, and judges the presence or absence of incorrect insertion. When judging as incorrect insertion, a warning is issued by an acoustic or an audio message and the like through an acoustic output device 314. It is preferred that the audio message is voice of two or more languages corresponding to various users. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI