Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Siemens Healthcare Gmbh

Peter Haeuser

Georg Goertler

Rainer Alfred Kuth

Bastian Rackow

Manfred Mueller

Ali-Nejat Bengi

Torsten Horst Ludwig Schmidt

Norbert Engels

Georg Geyer

Marco Manchinu

Robert Bertossi

Werner Rosenberger

Harald Schultz

A compatibility checking mechanism can include a reader, a checking mechanism, a writer and an approver. The reader can read out memory content from a memory of a first device component. The checking mechanism can check whether the first device component can be used together with a second device component based on the read-out memory content, and supply a result of the checking whether the first device component can be used together with a second device component. The writer can induce writing of a component identifier of the second device component in the memory of the first device component if checking of the read-out memory content indicates that the first device component can be used together with the second device component. The approver can approve or block use of the first device component as a function of the result of the checking of the read-out memory content.

Method and system for checking the compatibility of device components of a medical device

Methods and features for providing and activating a software license in a system, such as a magnetic resonance system, are disclosed. For example, a software license is stored in the system. The system with the stored software license is sold or rented to a client. The software license is operable to be activated by or at the client.

System and method for providing and activating software licenses

A system and method of servicing a group of similar types of equipment that maybe installed at geographically separated locations is described. The method makes use of error messages produced by the equipment and service requests received by a servicing center. Data mining techniques are used to establish error patterns associated with specific failure modes so that future error messages may be processed to determine if an identified failure mode has occurred. This will enable the efficient dispatch of spare parts and service personnel to the location where the failure has occurred.

Error pattern identification in an installed base of systems

A system and method is disclosed for performing maintenance on a mission critical system while minimizing unavailability of the system to users. The system includes software storage having at least production and maintenance portions. Initially, the maintenance and production portions are set to be identical and the system is programmed to operate from the production portion. During maintenance operations, the system is taken off line and the maintenance is performed only on the maintenance portion, leaving the production portion unaltered. Until the maintenance is complete, if the system is required to be available, it may be brought back on-line and directed to continue to operate from the production portion. Once maintenance is complete, the maintenance portion is designated as the production portion and vice versa. The system is then directed to operate from the newly maintained production portion.

System and method for reduction of wait time for software updates

A method for systematically assessing the quality of medical appliances ( ) of a generic type that are in operation, in the case of which method data acquired during a regular inspection of the medical appliances ( ) are transmitted to a central database ( ) and are evaluated by an evaluation device ( ) assigned to the database ( ).

Method for systematically assessing the quality of medical appliances that are in operation

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Effeltrich, Germany

Peter Haeuser