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Chapter 1: General Information

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SonixTablet Service Manual

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SYSTEM HANDLING

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LICENSE AGREEMENT

Portions of the Sonix computer programs have been patented by Ultrasonix Medical Corporation (Ultrasonix) or are patent
pending, and are licensed under the following software license agreement:

Ultrasonix, or its suppliers, retain(s) ownership of and title to any computer program supplied with the Equipment and to the
trade secrets embodied in such computer programs. Subject to the Buyer’s acceptance and fulfillment of the obligations in
this paragraph, Ultrasonix grants the Buyer a personal, non-transferable, perpetual, non-exclusive license to use any
computer program supplied with the Equipment that is necessary to operate the Equipment solely on the medium in which
such program is delivered for the purpose of operating the Equipment in accordance with the instructions set forth in the
operator’s manuals supplied with the Equipment and for no other purpose whatsoever. Buyer may not reverse – assemble,
reverse – compile or otherwise reverse – engineer such computer programs nor may Buyer make a copy of such program or
apply any techniques to derive the trade secrets embodied therein. In the event of a failure by Buyer to comply with the terms
of this license, the license granted by this paragraph shall terminate. Further, because unauthorized use of such computer
programs will leave Ultrasonix without an adequate remedy at law, Buyer agrees that injunctive or other equitable relief will be
appropriate to restrain such use, threatened or actual. Buyer further agrees that (i) any of the Ultrasonix suppliers of software
is a direct and intended beneficiary of this end-user sublicense and may enforce it directly against Buyer with respect to
software supplied by such supplier, and (ii) NO SUPPLIER OF ULTRASONIX SHALL BE LIABLE TO BUYER FOR ANY
GENERAL, SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL INCIDENTAL OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF
THE SUBLICENSE OF THE COMPUTER PROGRAMS SUPPLIED WITH THE EQUIPMENT.

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TRADEMARKS AND PATENTS

Ultrasonix Sonix systems are protected under US Patents 6,216,029 - 6,325,759 - 6,558,326 - 6,911,008 - 7,274,325 -
8,088,070 - D654,178.

SonixGPS™ is a trademark of Ultrasonix Medical Corporation.

Windows© is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

DICOM® (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) is the registered trademark of the National Electrical
Manufacturers Association (NEMA) for its standards publications relating to digital communications of medical information.

All other products and brand names mentioned in this document are trademarks of their respective companies.

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SYSTEM OVERVIEW

The SonixTablet Ultrasound System is a software driven, ergonomic, diagnostic medical device. It uses state of the art
technologies to acquire, process and display ultrasound data (

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The system has several major field serviceable components including: LCD display with built-in speakers and a multi-
position, articulated lift system, operator console, modulo, transducers and UPS.

Warning:

Although the SonixTablet is portable, it weighs more than 30 lbs (13+ kg). To avoid injury, be sure to follow proper

workplace/ergonomic lifting techniques when transporting the system.