Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Siemens Healthcare Gmbh

Siemens Healthineers Ag

Noliac A/s

Franz Dirauf

Franz Fadler

Dieter Heinl

Robert Kagermeier

Hans-Juergen Mueller

Wolfgang Neuber

Donal Medlar

Thomas Dippl

Claus-Günter Schliermann

Josef Zeidler

Verena Schmidt

Andreas Deinlein

Matthias Mueller

Roland Gottfried

Christian Ziegler

Thomas Pfeiffer

Claus-Guenter Schliermann

Alexander Beer

Kerstin Farmbauer

Joerg Hofmann

Elmar Garcia

Florian Dietrich

Stefan Popescu

Carsten Schuh

Andreas Kappel

Sultan Haider

Mathias Hoernig

Bernhard Gottlieb

Alexander Gemmel

Georg Wittmann

Michael Grasruck

Harald Karl

Thilo Hannemann

Josef Deuringer

Berthold Baumann

Otto Sembritzki

Andreas Wolff

Carsten Wallenhauer

Alexander Kraemer

Karlheinz Kaul

Paul Weidner

Thorsten Steinkopff

Stefan Setzer

Anja Jaeger

Hendrik Faustmann

Martin Seifert

Alexander Krämer

Gernot Schimetta

Gerhard Lindner

Michael Koerth

Rolf Schmidt

Martin Vierbücher

Thorsten Gecks

Matthias Müller

Patrick Plannerer

Franz Fuetterer

Peter Klemm

Peter Bier

Michael Muench

Oliver Patrick Welzel

Chihebeddine Dahmani

Riccardo Kunze

Franz Atzinger

Boban Jovic

Malte Reinhard

Jörg Franke

Markus Dehler

Björn Werner

Franz Beimier

Kristian Dencovski

Volker Dietz

Jörg Hofmann

The invention relates to a mobile medical device, in particular a mobile C-arm X-ray device, comprising a device trolley which can be driven in at least two movement modes in a motor-supported manner, having at least one gripping element, which is provided for gripping by means of at least one human hand of an operator in order to move the device, and additionally having at least one sensor, which is arranged on the gripping element or in the direct vicinity thereof and is designed to detect measurement data that characterizes the type and/or location of the grip by means of the at least one human hand, an evaluating unit, which is designed to evaluate the measurement data with respect to the type and/or location of the grip and assign a movement mode of the device trolley, and a control unit for automatically setting the evaluated movement mode of the device trolley.

Mobile medical device, mobile device, and method

A control system for a medical installation, wherein the control system is configured to control a motorized movement of an installation component. The control system includes a control path and a protection path. The control path is configured to control the motorized movement. The protection path is independent of the control path and configured to monitor the control path with regard to compliance with a safety criterion for the motorized movement. The protection path includes at least one freely programmable microcontroller.

Control system for a medical installation and medical installation

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

A base module is for a mobile medical system, designed to cover distances autonomously or semi-autonomously. The base module includes a chassis having a plurality of rolling bodies. The rolling bodies are mounted to rotate about axes of rotation and, via adjusting devices, are adjustable in the vertical direction such that each respective rolling body is movable between a first position, in which the respective rolling body is in contact with a floor area, and a second position, in which the respective rolling body is spaced apart from the floor area. A medical system includes a base module of an embodiment. A method for operation of the medical system is also disclosed.

Base module, medical system and method for operation of the medical system

A mobile platform includes a chassis, a sensor module and at least one holding mechanism. In an embodiment, the at least one holding mechanism is designed to guide a first medical device and is configured to position the first medical device in at least one operating position within an adjusting range.

Mobile platform

An embodiment relates to an omnidirectional chassis for a gantry of a computed tomography device. The omnidirectional chassis includes a first pair of omnidirectional wheels; and a first wheel suspension for the first pair of omnidirectional wheels. The first wheel suspension includes a connecting unit to connect the first wheel suspension to a rack; a swivel unit connected to the connecting unit via a first swivel bearing and swivel-mounted about a first swivel axis relative to the connecting unit; and a tandem unit, connected to the swivel unit via a second swivel bearing and swivel-mounted about a second swivel axis. In an embodiment, the first pair of omnidirectional wheels is coupled to the tandem unit such that, on a swivel movement of the tandem unit about the second swivel axis, one omnidirectional wheel of the first pair of omnidirectional wheels is relatively raised and another omnidirectional wheel is relatively lowered.

Omnidirectional chassis for a gantry of a computed tomography device

A transport device is for carrying and moving objects from one location to another. In an embodiment, the transport device includes a chassis and at least four motor-driven omnidirectional wheels arranged on the chassis. The chassis is configured to adapt the wheelbase and the track gauge of the omnidirectional wheels according to the size of the object. A corresponding method for operating such transport device is further specified in an embodiment. The embodiments of the application lie in the universal usage of the transport device for nearly all sizes and shapes of an object.

Transport device and method of operating such transport device

The present embodiments provide a mobile medical device with at least one motor-driven wheel. The mobile medical device is movable on the at least one wheel. The motor-driven wheel is arranged on a hub assigned to the motor-driven wheel. The motor-driven wheel is reversibly removable from the hub and is pluggable back onto the hub manually and without aids. The present embodiments provide that the motor-driven wheel may be removed rapidly manually and without additional aids.

Mobile medical device with at least one motor-driven wheel

A portable expansion unit controls safety-relevant functions of a medical device. The expansion unit has a retaining device to be adjusted to the size of a flat, portable operating unit of the medical device. The retaining device mechanically connects the expansion unit detachably with the portable operating unit. A communication module establishes a safety-related data connection with the medical device. This combines a mobile, portable consumer operating device, such as a tablet computer or smartphone, which does not fulfill any particular safety-related requirements, with an expansion unit, which permits the control of safety-relevant functions with the aid of a safety-related radio protocol.

Portable expansion unit for operating a medical device, and method for operating a medical device

A method is for operating an at least partially autonomously moving, mobile medical unit, which has at least one sensing device for detecting possible collision objects in the environment of the unit and a control device, which evaluates the sensing data of the sensing device and which is designed to at least partially autonomously operate the movement of the unit while performing a collision protection function. In an embodiment of the method, a possible collision object described by the sensing data is classified by evaluating the sensing data and the classification is taken into consideration in the autonomous operation of the unit, in particular in the calculation of a trajectory to be traveled.

Method for operating an at least partially autonomously moving, mobile medical unit, and mobile medical unit

A couch panel for a patient couch for a medical imaging method is disclosed. The couch panel is of single-shell design, beads are formed in the longitudinal direction of the couch panel, wherein the number and the shape of the beads are chosen such that the couch panel has a predefinable geometric moment of inertia. The two longitudinally extending edges of the couch panel are bent upward. This is advantageous because of the cost-effective production of a couch panel and, in the case of X-ray imaging, in the low radiation absorption. A patient couch having a couch panel of this kind is likewise disclosed.

Couch panel and patient couch for medical imaging methods

An arrangement includes a gantry of a medical imaging device and an omnidirectional suspension for moving the arrangement relative to a support.

Arrangement with a gantry of a medical imaging device and an omnidirectional suspension, as well as a method of executing a travel movement of such an arrangement

A C-arm for a medical examination device or therapeutic device, is designed as a cast metal component. In at least one embodiment, one or more reinforcement profile, extending at least in certain sections along the C-arm, are cast in.

C-arm for a medical examination device or therapeutic device

A medical device is controlled as a function of a position of a control element projected onto a projection surface, wherein a geometric property of the projected control element is adjusted to the surface structure. The adjustment is accomplished by means of a transformation of projection data, the projection data corresponding to the control element that is to be projected. The optical projection of the control element is based on the transformed projection data. Such an adjustment and transformation are made possible by determining the surface structure of the projection surface. The control system has an image processor both for determining the surface structure and for transforming the projection data. The control system additionally has a projector for optically projecting the control element and a control unit for controlling the medical device based on the first position of the projected control element.

Method and control system for controlling a medical device

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Ebensfeld, Germany

Franz Dirauf