Medical examination or treatment device, in particular x-ray or CT device

• US 20060255904A1
• Filed: 05/09/2006
• Published: 11/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Siemens Healthineers AG (Siemens AG)
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Schraufstetter, Anton, Kagermeier, Robert, Staab, Reiner, Danzer, Uwe, Sierk, Dietmar, Regn, Judith
• Granted Patent: US 8,536,986 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.200
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/00 Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis; Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis combined with radiation therapy equipment instruments measuring radiation intensity for application in the field of nuclear medicine, e.g. in vivo counting, G01T1/161; apparatus for taking X-ray photographs G03B42/02
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/032 Transmission computed tomography [CT]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/4441 the rigid structure being a C-arm or U-arm
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/4494 Means for identifying the diagnostic device
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/467 characterised by special input means
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/468 allowing annotation or message recording
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/548 Remote control of the apparatus or devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 5/1042 with spatial modulation of the radiation beam within the treatment head
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

Medical examination or treatment device, in particular x-ray or CT device, comprising a control device controlling the operation of one or a number of device elements, as well as at least one mobile control element assigned to the control device, said control element communicating wirelessly with the control device for operating the examination or treatment device to issue control signals, with a detection means for detecting an item of information which can be read out or sent by a control element assigned to the control device during a movement of the control element from the room containing the medical examination or treatment device, said room communicating with the control device which disables the control operation as a function of the detection result.

Claims

1-9. -9. (canceled)

10. A medical examination or treatment device arranged in an examination room and having a plurality of device components, comprising:

a control device for controlling at least one of the device components;

at least one mobile control element configured to communicate wirelessly with the control device for remotely operating the device component via control signals sent to the control device, the mobile control element further configured to generate a message upon the mobile control element leaving the examination room, the message including information on the mobile control element'"'"'s leaving the examination room; and

a detector element connected to the control device for reading the message and for blocking the device component upon reading the message.

11. The medical examination or treatment device according to claim 10, wherein the message includes information identifying the respective device component which is currently controlled by the mobile control element.

12. The medical examination or treatment device according to claim 10, wherein the message is stored in a memory of the mobile control element and further includes control information for enabling the remote operation of the examination or treatment device via the mobile control element.

13. The medical examination or treatment device according to claim 12, wherein the control device is further configured to compare the message to a default lookup message such that the remote operation of the examination or treatment device via the mobile control element can be enabled and blocked based upon the comparison.

14. The medical examination or treatment device according to claim 11, wherein the message is used for identifying the respective device component currently controlled by the mobile control element and for detecting the mobile control element'"'"'s leaving the examination room such that the control device is enabled to both determine which of the device components is to be controlled by the mobile control device and if such device component needs to be blocked, the determination based solely on the message.

15. The medical examination or treatment device according to claim 10, wherein the detector element is further configured to detect a movement of the control element within the examination room and for transmitting a movement signal having information on the detected movement to the control device.

16. The medical examination or treatment device according to claim 12, wherein the control device or the detector element is configured to write room identification into the memory, the room identification information identifying the examination room.

17. The medical examination or treatment device according to claim 16, wherein the detector element has an optical or acoustic signal generator and is further configured to detect a presence of a further mobile control element which is not assigned to the control device, the detected presence of the further mobile control element indicated by the optical or acoustic signal generator.

18. The medical examination or treatment device according to claim 10, wherein the control device or the detector element is further configured to transmit a request signal to the mobile control element, the request signal prompting an operator to transmit a response signal via the mobile control element, the request signal transmitted upon blocking the device component, and the response signal configured to release the device component for further control by the mobile control element.

19. The medical examination or treatment device according claim 12, wherein the message is stored the memory, the mobile control element further configured to transmit the stored message to the detection element or to the control device if the mobile control element is arranged within a communication range of the control device.

20. The medical examination or treatment device according claim 19, wherein the control device is further configured to transmit an information signal to an operator, the information signal indicating to the operator that a release of the device component is necessary.

21. The medical examination or treatment device according claim 19, wherein the memory includes an RFID transponder.