The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2014
Medical imaging apparatus with a movement detection unit and a method for detecting patient movement
Applicant:
Björn Heismann, Erlangen, DE;
Inventor:
Björn Heismann, Erlangen, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 5/113 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); G01R 33/28 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/113 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 5/11 (2013.01); G01R 33/28 (2013.01); A61B 5/4205 (2013.01); A61B 5/7285 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical imaging apparatus includes a detector unit, a patient-receiving region enclosed by the detector unit in a cylindrical manner, and a movement detection unit. The movement detection unit has at least one acceleration sensor unit to detect movement of a patient. the at least one acceleration sensor unit has a fastening element to fasten the at least one acceleration sensor unit to a subregion of the patient relevant to a medical imaging examination.