Diagnostic device system

• US 20110291610A1
• Filed: 05/26/2011
• Published: 12/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Ohta, Yasunori, Kitagawa, Yusuke, Kamiya, Takeshi, Nakatsugawa, Haruyasu
• Granted Patent: US 8,787,528 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/103
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/44 Constructional features of apparatus for radiation diagnosis
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/56 Details of data transmission or power supply, e.g. use of slip rings

Abstract

A diagnostic device system has a weight-reduced rechargeable battery. When a portable radiographic apparatus and a portable X-ray source are carried to and used for imaging at a private home or a care home, the portable radiographic apparatus and the portable X-ray source are loaded on an automobile. When the charge amount of rechargeable batteries for operation housed in the portable radiographic apparatus or the portable X-ray source loaded on the automobile is low, or when there are plural destinations and the charge amount of the rechargeable batteries becomes low, a rechargeable battery for charging mounted on the automobile is used to charge the rechargeable batteries for operation while traveling. Because the rechargeable batteries for operation are charged while traveling, a large number of rechargeable batteries for operation does not need to be charged in advance, whereby the weight of the rechargeable batteries for operation can be reduced.

Claims

1. A diagnostic device system comprising:

a diagnostic device that is supplied with electric power for operation and is used for diagnosing diseases of humans or animals; and

a rechargeable battery for operation that is charged by a rechargeable battery for charging, wherein the rechargeable battery for charging is mounted on a vehicle and the rechargeable battery for operation supplies electric power to the diagnostic device to operate the diagnostic device.

2. The diagnostic device system of claim 1, wherein the diagnostic device is at least one of a portable radiographic apparatus for recording a radiological image expressed by irradiated radiation or a portable X-ray source for irradiating radiation on the portable radiographic apparatus.

3. The diagnostic device system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle on which the rechargeable battery for charging is mounted is an automobile and the rechargeable battery for charging is used to realize the functions of the automobile.

4. The diagnostic device system of claim 2, wherein the vehicle on which the rechargeable battery for charging is mounted is an automobile and the rechargeable battery for charging is used to realize the functions of the automobile.

5. The diagnostic device system of any one of claims 1, wherein the capacity of the rechargeable battery for operation is smaller than the capacity of the rechargeable battery for charging.

6. The diagnostic device system of any one of claims 1, wherein the rechargeable battery for operation has a larger self-discharging rate than the rechargeable battery for charging.

7. The diagnostic device system of any one of claims 1, wherein the rechargeable battery for operation is attachable to and detachable from the diagnostic device.

8. The diagnostic device system of any one of claims 1, comprising an accommodating unit that houses the rechargeable battery for operation therein and comprises an electric cable for supplying electric power from the housed rechargeable battery for operation to the diagnostic device.