Siemens Healthineers Ag

Claus-Guenter Schliermann

Franz Dirauf

Thomas Dippl

Andreas Deinlein

Matthias Mueller

Alexander Beer

Wolfgang Neuber

Dieter Heinl

Thomas Pfeiffer

Rolf Schmidt

Franz Fuetterer

Thorsten Gecks

A medical device of an embodiment includes at least one movably mounted and motor-adjustable component; at least one drive unit for adjusting the at least one component; at least one motor control unit associated with the drive unit; and at least one sensing unit for sensing a position parameter dependent on the position of the at least one component. According to an embodiment of the invention, a safety function is integrated in the motor control unit. The safety function limits at least one operating parameter associated with the motion of the at least one component to be performed. An apparatus control unit controls the drive unit in dependence on the position parameter in accordance with the safety function. At least one embodiment of the invention further relates to a method for operating a medical device.

Medical device and method for operating a medical device

A stand is for a medical imaging system. In an embodiment, the stand includes an X-ray tube; a driver to adjust the X-ray tube in at least three spatial degrees of freedom; at least one environmental sensor to acquire at least one environmental parameter; and a controller to control an adjustment movement of the X-ray tube by generating control signals for the drive unit and to adapt the adjustment movement based on the at least one environmental parameter.

Collision-free X-ray tube movement

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Kemnath, Germany

Claus-Guenter Schliermann