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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
May. 10, 2018
Siemens Medical Solutions Usa, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Benjamin Fritsch, Elgin, IL (US);
Ansgar Graw, Chicago, IL (US);
Michael Zochowski, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Evan Qi, Lone Tree, CO (US);
William Danziger, La Grange Park, IL (US);
Benedict Donahue, Lexington, MA (US);
Patanit Sanpitak, Highland Park, IL (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments can provide a visual indicator system, attachable to a medical imaging patient bed. The visual indicator system comprising: one or more light strips, each light strip comprising a plurality of lights; a distance meter, attachable to one end of the medical imaging patient bed; a storage device, configured to store one or more preconfigured finger gestures; and a microcontroller. The one or more light strips are attachable to the medical imaging patient bed; wherein the microcontroller is configured to illuminate the one or more light strips after the one or more preconfigured finger gestures are made with respect to the one or more light strips. A position of the illumination of the light strip corresponds to a position of performing the one or more preconfigured finger gestures and one or more distance measurements received from the distance meter.