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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2024
Siemens Healthineers Ag, Forchheim, DE;
Martin Nolewaika, Erlangen, DE;
Harald Karl, Fuerth, DE;
SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG, Forchheim, DE;
Abstract
In the normal mode of a medical device, a control apparatus moves a moving element of the medical device in a controlled manner via a drive when corresponding movement commands are issued. In the normal mode, an evaluation apparatus monitors a first-fault-safety contact element arranged on the medical device for actuation and, in the event of actuation, transmits a normal collision signal via lines to the control apparatus and a monitoring apparatus. In the event of a normal collision signal being transmitted to it, the control apparatus immediately ends the movement of the moving element, at least in the current direction of travel, and, at the latest after a predetermined waiting time has elapsed without actuation of the drive as such, the monitoring apparatus prevents the drive from acting on the moving element.