IP Library Granted Patent US 9,554,953
Granted Patent B2
US 9,554,953 · App. 14/609,877 · Granted Jan 31, 2017

Mobile medical device and method for controlling a movement of the mobile medical device

Inventors: Franz Dirauf (Ebensfeld, DE); Dieter Heinl (Erbendorf, DE); Peter Klemm (Hanau, DE); Michael Koerth (Fürth, DE)
Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
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Patent No.
US 9,554,953
App. No.
14/609,877
Granted
Jan 31, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The embodiments relate to a medical device and to a method for controlling a movement of the mobile medical device. The medical device includes a chassis and a control apparatus, wherein the medical device is embodied by the chassis to perform a movement in at least two spatial directions on a plane of motion and to execute a rotary movement about an axis of rotation standing perpendicularly on the plane of motion, and the control apparatus is embodied for controlling the chassis.

Claims (38)

1. A medical device comprising:

a chassis; and

a controller,

wherein the medical device is configured by the chassis to move in at least two spatial directions on a plane of motion and to rotate about an axis of rotation perpendicular to the plane of motion, and

wherein the controller comprises at least one control element configured to control the chassis,

wherein the at least one control element is configured to be manually operated by an operator,

wherein the at least one control element comprises a longitudinal axis and is configured to perform a control element rotary movement about the longitudinal axis of the at least one control element, and

wherein the controller is configured to initiate a rotary movement of the medical device about the axis of rotation based on the control element rotary movement.

2. The medical device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the chassis comprises at least omnidirectional wheels.

3. A medical device comprising:

a chassis; and

a controller,

wherein the medical device is configured by the chassis to move in at least two spatial directions on a plane of motion and to rotate about an axis of rotation perpendicular to the plane of motion, and

wherein the controller comprises at least one control element configured to control the chassis,

wherein the at least one control element is configured to be manually operated by an operator,

wherein the at least one control element is configured to perform a vertical control element movement perpendicularly to the plane of motion, and

wherein the controller is configured to initiate a displacement of the axis of rotation of the medical device based on the vertical control element movement of the at least one control element.

4. The medical device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one control element is configured to perform a vertical control element movement perpendicularly to the plane of motion, and

wherein the controller is configured to initiate a displacement of the axis of rotation of the medical device based on the vertical control element movement of the at least one control element.

5. The medical device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one control element comprises a force sensor, and

wherein the controller controls the chassis based on a force acting on the at least one control element and measured by the force sensor.

6. The medical device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the medical device comprises a sensor unit having at least one sensor, and

wherein the controller controls the chassis based on signals detected by the at least one sensor of the sensor unit.

7. The medical device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the sensor unit comprises at least one environmental sensor configured to detect signals from a spatial environment of the medical device.

8. The medical device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the sensor unit comprises at least one obstacle sensor configured to detect signals from obstacles in respect of the movement of the medical device.

9. The medical device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the controller comprises a destination specification unit that enables an operator to choose a destination for the medical device, and

wherein the controller moves the medical device by the chassis to the chosen destination.

10. A method for controlling a movement of a mobile medical device comprising a sensor unit having at least one sensor and a controller, the method comprising:

moving the medical device from a start position to an end position;

detecting, during the movement, pattern structures, position markers, or pattern structures and position markers in an environment of the medical device by the at least one sensor of the sensor unit;

specifying, by the controller, a movement path for the movement of the medical device based on the detected pattern structures, position markers, or pattern structures and position markers; and

moving the medical device from the end position back to the start position along the movement path.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the movement path is specified based on spatial contours detected by the at least one sensor of the sensor unit.

12. The method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the controller comprises at least one control element, and

wherein an intervention in the movement of the medical device is effected by the control element.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein, following a deviation of the movement of the medical device from the movement path due to the intervention in the movement of the medical device, the controller guides the medical device back onto the movement path.

14. The medical device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the control element comprises a joystick, control lever, handlebar, or guide bar.

15. The medical device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the control element comprises a joystick, control lever, handlebar, or guide bar.

Assignments (6)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 066088 FRAME: 0256. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 17, 2024
From: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
To: SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG
Reel/Frame 071178/0246 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 20, 2023
From: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
To: SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG
Reel/Frame 066088/0256 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2017
From: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
Reel/Frame 042776/0347 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2015
From: KLEMM, PETER
To: CS2 INFORMATIK GMBH + CO. KG
Reel/Frame 036153/0145 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2015
From: DIRAUF, FRANZ; HEINL, DIETER; KOERTH, MICHAEL
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 036153/0168 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2015
From: CS2 INFORMATIK GMBH + CO. KG
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 036153/0172 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2014 202 033 · Feb 5, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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