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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2018
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
Manfred David Boehm, Waukesha, WI (US);
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/4476 (2013.01); A61B 6/4405 (2013.01); A61B 6/547 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for controlling movement of a mobile imaging system. In one example, a mobile imaging system includes a mobile drive system, an imaging assembly coupled to the mobile drive system, and a driving interface configured to move the imaging assembly relative to the mobile drive system both axially and radially in response to user manipulation, and further configured to generate signals in response to the axial movement of the imaging assembly, the mobile drive system configured to move in response to the signals.