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Patent No.:

US 10993695 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 15, 2017

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

Applicant:

Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;

Inventors:

Franz Dirauf, Ebensfeld, DE;

Robert Kagermeier, Nuremberg, DE;

Joerg Hofmann, Forchheim, DE;

Assignee:

Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;

Attorneys:

Laurence Greenberg

Werner Stemer

Ralph Locher

Primary Examiner:

Mirza F Alam

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/10 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2018.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); G06Q 50/22 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/4427 (2013.01); A61B 6/10 (2013.01); A61B 6/467 (2013.01); A61B 8/467 (2013.01); G05B 19/042 (2013.01); G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 1/1632 (2013.01); G06F 1/1669 (2013.01); G06F 1/1671 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2013.01); G06F 19/3418 (2013.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); A61B 1/04 (2013.01); A61B 8/4209 (2013.01); A61B 8/4405 (2013.01); A61B 8/4433 (2013.01); G06Q 50/22 (2013.01);
Abstract

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.

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