Quality Products and Service for Healthcare Professionals

Service Note
NO. Date Product/Equipment Manufacturer
SN000120 8/18/2014 Ecube 9 DIA Alpinion
Type Hardware Software Firmware Parts Documents

Contents Software Update Application

OLD Software Update Application V3.5.5.235

NEW New Software Application V3.6.0.239

Parts
Current P/N Proposed NEW P/N
Description - Current Description – NEW
and/or revision and/or revision

NOTE

Please notify all service engineers of these changes. Please review the details of the
software below. The software can be downloaded from the SMS website

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CONFIDENTIAL E-CUBE 9 ver. 3.6

Service Note for E-CUBE 9 Diamond

1. Release Information
System E-CUBE 9 Diamond S/W Version V3.6.0.239
Release Date 2014-08-18 OS Version V2.0.9.9
Version-Up
Release Type
Patch
New Feature Software Hardware Image
Change Category
New Transducer General Notice
1. New Transducer
 EV3-10H, EC3-10H
 EV3-10, EC3-10

2. Image enhancement
Summary
 EV3-10H, EC3-10H: GYN images are optimized.
 EV3-10, EC3-10: GYN images are optimized.

3. New feature
 Needle VisionTM and Needle Vision PlusTM

Contents

 New Transducer
1. EV3-10H, EC3-10H, EV3-10, and EC3-10 transducers are added.
 EV3-10H, EC3-10H (E3-10H substitute)

 EV3-10, EC3-10 (EN3-10 substitute)

Probe Type (Handle)

Straight Type
EC3-10H, EC3-10

Bent Type
EV3-10H, EV3-10

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 Shape of Acoustic Lens

Convex Shape Concave Shape

EV3-10H, EC3-10H E3-10H

EV3-10, EC3-10

Transducer Name EV3-10H, EC3-10H EV3-10, EC3-10

Transducer Type Tightly curved linear array Tightly curved linear array

Freq. Bandwidth 3-10 MHz 3-10 MHz

Display Frequency 6.5, 7.5, 9.0 MHz 5.0, 6.7, 8.5 MHz

Application OB, GYN, Urology, EM OB, GYN, Urology, EM

Element# 192 EL 128 EL

Field of View 153° 145.5°

Radius 10 mm radius 10 mm radius

/ Length / 21 x 14 mm / 21 x 14 mm

Biopsy Guide Single Angle Single Angle

Reusable, Disposable Reusable, Disposable

 Image Enhancement
1. EV3-10, EC3-10 / GYN
2. EV3-10H, EC3-10H / GYN
 Image pattern display is uniformed.
 Image resolution is enhanced.
 Mid-signal strength is increased.

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 EV3-10H, EC3-10H E3-10H

 New Feature
1. Needle VisionTM and Needle Vision PulsTM
 Feature Description

Needle VisionTM uses integrated Beam Steering technology for increased needle

visualization with maintaining excellent image quality and enhancing the needle

brightness. With the needle enhancement feature, you can see the needle more easily

during clinical procedure.

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  Advanced

- Better needle visualization at virtually any angle

- Maintains image quality of target and surroundings

- Enhances diagnostic confidence and better patient safety with improving accuracy

- Provides easy setting, simple workflow and reduction procedure time

 User Guide (*Refer to E-CUBE 9 DIA User Manual.)

For using this feature, you need an additional request to your local agent.

 Function access:

- Press the NeedleVision (or NeedleVisionPlus) soft key (9th).

- Or press the User Key.

(Go to System Preset > User Setting > User Defined Key > User Key or

Numeric Key and select the Needle VisionTM.

 Needle VisionTM and Needle Vision PlusTM Specification

Category Specification

Needle VisionTM

Feature - On/Off (1 angle, Medium)

2 Type Option
Name Needle Vision PlusTM

- On/Off (3 angles, Shallow/Medium/Steep)

High Density E-CUBE 9 L3-12H, L3-12HWD

Transducer Linear
E-CUBE 9 DIAMOND L3-12H, L3-12HWD
Transducer

 Breast

 MSK  2D mode
Application
 Nerve  Harmonic mode
and Image mode
 Small Parts  CF mode

 Vascular

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  Venous

Needle Gauge 17 ~ 25 Gauge Needle

The needle will be inserted on the left or right side,

depending on patient’s position or target site.

Left / Right Flip
Use to flip the direction of beam steering according to the

direction of needle insertion and target site.

3 Angles: Use to change the angles according to the depth of

target.
Angle
When the needle is perpendicular to the angle guide, the

enhancement of needle tip and shaft is maximized.

Soft Menu
Angle 1
25° Available only with Needle Vision PlusTM license
[Shallow]

Angle 2 Available with Needle VisionTM license and Needle

30°
[Medium] Vision PlusTM license

Angle 3
40° Available only with Needle Vision PlusTM license
[ Steep ]

Off Needle VisionTM, Needle Vision PlusTM (On -> Off)

Needle

Guide

① Angle Guide Display: ② Text Display:

When the needle is in the range of the The text as NeedleVision or

angle guide, the visibility of the needle is NeedleVisionPlus is displayed on

maximized. the bottom right of the image.

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2. Fixed Field Issues

No Fixed Issue

1 Needle VisionTM and Needle Vision PulsTM are added.

2 EV3-10H and EC3-10H are added.

3 EV3-10 and EC3-10 are added.

In 4D Rendering mode, the system error that occurs by using the Freeze button constantly is
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fixed.

Language: When go to Quick ID > Patient ID register > Measure > End Exam after changing the
5 language into Spanish, The system error that occurs by using Quick ID > Patient ID register >

Measure > End Exam after changing the language into Spanish is fixed.

The issue that OB history is not displayed on RI, PI (Schaffer) graph when go to OB Doppler
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Measure > OB Graph is fixed.

7 The system error in Achieving Progress 100% during End Exam is fixed.

8 When entering 3D/4D Rendering mode, the system lockup issue is fixed.

The system error that occurs by using the Measure and Freeze button is fixed. (Occurred
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randomly.)

Language: When review the System Info after changing the language into Russian, it is displayed
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as TI in CW mode.

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 3. Known issue & Workaround

Category Notes/Workaround

X: You should perform Factory Default.

Installation
O: Compatible
-Backup/Restore
Caution :
- SW upgrade - The image presets marked ‘X’ mean that you cannot use the previous user

preset.
Version V3.0.0 -> V3.1.3 V3.1.3 -> V3.5.0 V3.5.1 -> V3.5.5 V3.5.5 -> V3.6.0

E-CUBE 9
Patient DB

-Image Data O x O O
-Measurement Data

Image Preset O x O O
Service O x O O
Measurement O x O O
Annotation O x O O
Connectivity O x O O
Others

-System

-Monitor Setting O x O O
-User Setting

-Administration

Warning: When upgrading the software V3.1 to V3.5, you must back up the
following data due to the compatibility problem: Patient Data, Image Preset,
System Preset
Transducer Transducer Compatibility
Compatibility E-CUBE DIA & PRO

- Convex : SC1-6, C1-6, SC1-4H

- Microconvex : C5-8
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Linear : L3-8, L3-12, L3-12H, L3-12HWD

- Volume Convex : VC1-6, SVC1-6

- Endocavity : E3-10, EN3-10, EV3-10, EC3-10

- Phased Array : SP3-8, SP1-5

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 - IO : IO3-12

Only E-CUBE DIA

- Convex : SC1-4HS, SC1-6H

- Endocavity : E3-10H, EV3-10H, EC3-10H

CP800 Printer When you set the wrong printer paper size and the printing does not proceed,
1) Check the printer paper size. (There is no alert message for the wrong paper size

setting.)

2) Press the System Preset key and go to System > Peripheral, and then click the setting

icon.

3) Select CP800 Printer.

4) Select a waiting print task and select Cancel.

Caution: You must delete the waiting task in the list after you set the paper size.

MISUBISHI How to set MISUBISHI printer,

Printer 1) Connect a printer to the system. Copy(1) driver is added.

2) Press the System Preset key and go to System > Peripheral and click Printer and Faxes

list icon.
3) Select MISUBUSHI driver and Copy(1), and then remove the both.

(You must remove the both drivers. The printer list is not updated and the deleted drivers

remain on the list.)

4) Reboot your system.