FDA MDR Component Codes: What an Ultrasound Service Record Has to Carry
October 13, 2026

FDA MDR Component Codes: What an Ultrasound Service Record Has to Carry

A component code names the part that was involved, not the cause. What an ultrasound service record has to carry so that someone else can code the event - and what the service side should not decide for the reporter.

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Siemens Ultrasound Needle Guides: Fitment Is Decided by the Probe
October 12, 2026

Siemens Ultrasound Needle Guides: Fitment Is Decided by the Probe

A needle guide attaches to the probe, not to the console. Which is why the deciding field on a Siemens needle guide listing names a transducer: a field-by-field read, what wears on the reusable half, and what to send before you order.

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3D and 4D Probe Repair: What Fails Inside a Volumetric Probe
October 10, 2026

3D and 4D Probe Repair: What Fails Inside a Volumetric Probe

A volumetric probe is either a matrix array steered in two axes or a mechanically swept array with a motor and a fluid path. Which one it is decides what fails, what the artifact looks like, and whether a repair route exists.

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Ultrasound Probe Leakage Current: The Limit Depends on the Condition
October 8, 2026

Ultrasound Probe Leakage Current: The Limit Depends on the Condition

A probe can image perfectly and still fail its electrical safety test. The limit a leakage reading is judged against changes with the probe's applied-part class, the grounding condition and the mains voltage, and the manufacturer's own tables say so.

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Ultrasound Probe Element Dropout: The Line, the Test, the Threshold
October 7, 2026

Ultrasound Probe Element Dropout: The Line, the Test, the Threshold

A dark line that stays in place as the probe moves belongs to an array element, and the picture has four possible owners. What the in-air test, an element tester and a phantom each read, what the sensitivity thresholds mean, and why two adjacent dead elements matter more than six scattered.

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Array Probe Pitch: It Sets Steering Range, Not Resolution
October 1, 2026

Array Probe Pitch: It Sets Steering Range, Not Resolution

Pitch is the centre-to-centre distance between array elements — the sum of element width and kerf. It is not the number that sets resolution. It is the number that decides how far a beam can be steered before a second, equally strong lobe appears somewhere it was not aimed.

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