X-ray system with an industrial robot

• US 20080013692A1
• Filed: 07/10/2007
• Published: 01/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Siemens Healthineers AG (Siemens AG)
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Maschke, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 7,748,900 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 378/198
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/102 Protection against mechanical damage, e.g. anti-collision devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/4405 the apparatus being movable or portable, e.g. handheld or mounted on a trolley
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/4441 the rigid structure being a C-arm or U-arm
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/4458 the source unit or the detector unit being attached to robotic arms
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/547 involving tracking of position of the device or parts of the device
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/548 Remote control of the apparatus or devices
• CPC Class Codes: B25J 11/00 Manipulators not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: B25J 5/00 Manipulators mounted on wheels or on carriages B25J1/00 takes precedence; programme-controlled manipulators B25J9/00 ; vehicle aspects B60, B62, e.g. remote-controlled steering for motor vehicles B62D1/24; control of position of vehicles G05D1/00
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/37569 Radiography in x and y, x-ray images
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/40252 Robot on track, rail moves only back and forth
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/45169 Medical, rontgen, x ray

Abstract

There is described an x-ray system with an x-ray source, an x-ray detector and at least one industrial robot having at least three, in particular six, axes of rotation, in which the x-ray source and/or the x-ray detector are/is arranged, directly or by means of a bearer, on the industrial robot, and where the industrial robot is constructed to be mobile, in particular is arranged on a device trolley.

Claims

1-14. -14. (canceled)

15. An x-ray system, comprising:

an x-ray source;

an x-ray detector; and

a mobile industrial robot with at least three axes of rotation.

16. The x-ray system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the x-ray source and the x-ray detector are arranged at the industrial robot.

17. The x-ray system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the x-ray source and the x-ray detector are arranged at the industrial robot via a U-shaped bearer, wherein the U-shaped bearer has a first leg and a second leg, wherein the first leg is linear moveable relative to the second leg.

18. The x-ray system as claimed in claim 16, wherein the industrial robot has six axes of rotation.

19. The x-ray system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the x-ray source or the x-ray detector are arranged on a hand of the industrial robot.

20. The x-ray system as claimed in claim 15, further comprising a further industrial robot with at least three axes of rotation, wherein the x-ray source and the x-ray detector are each arranged on one of the industrial robots.

21. The x-ray system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the industrial robot is arranged on a device trolley wherein the device trolley is driven automatically or manually.

22. The x-ray system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the industrial robot is arranged on rails or tracks.

23. The x-ray system as claimed in claim 19, wherein a system control facility is arranged on the device trolley.

24. The x-ray system as claimed in claim 23, wherein the device trolley has an imaging system and a display unit.

25. The x-ray system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the x-ray source and the x-ray detector are arranged together on a hand of the industrial robot via a bearer.

26. The x-ray system as claimed in claim 25, wherein the bearer is selected from the group consisting of a C-arm and a U-bracket, and wherein the x-ray source is arranged on a first end of the bearer and the x-ray detector is arranged on a second opposite end of the bearer.

27. The x-ray system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the x-ray system has a collision monitoring system and a collision sensor to monitor the movements of the industrial robot.

28. The x-ray system as claimed in claim 15, further comprising a stability monitoring system.

29. The x-ray system as claimed in claim 28, further comprising a stability sensor to check a stability of the trolley.

30. The x-ray system as claimed in claim 25, further comprising a bidirectional link to a hospital network to exchange data.

31. The x-ray system as claimed in claim 30, wherein the data are DICOM data.

32. A mobile x-ray system, comprising:

an x-ray source;

an x-ray detector;

a industrial robot with at least three axes of rotation, wherein the x-ray source and the x-ray detector are arranged at the industrial robot, and wherein the industrial robot is arranged on a trolley;

a system control facility;

an imaging system; and

a display unit.

33. The mobile x-ray system as claimed in claim 32, wherein the x-ray source and the x-ray detector are arranged at the industrial robot via a U-shaped bearer, wherein the U-shaped bearer has a first leg and a second leg, wherein the first leg is linear moveable relative to the second leg.

34. The x-ray system as claimed in claim 32, further comprising a stability monitoring system to check the stability of the mobile x-ray system.