Process for calibration of a medical-technical device and a medical-technical device

• US 7,120,547 B2
• Filed: 09/19/2002
• Issued: 10/10/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GMBH (Siemens AG)
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Herrmann, Wolfgang, Welsing, Stephan, Hofmann, Detlef
• Primary Examiner(s): Barlow, John
• Assistant Examiner(s): BHAT, ADITYA S
• Application Number:
  US10/246,655
• Publication Number:
  US 20030097229A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,482 Days
• Field of Search: 702/85, 702/8, 702182-184, 707/104.1, 607/32, 340/568.1, 434/350, 235/375, 507/32, 700/90, 600/338, 600/407, 378/121
• US Class Current: 702/85
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/22004 using mechanical vibrations, e.g. ultrasonic shock waves A61B17/225 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00725 Calibration or performance testing
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0271 using a remote monitoring unit
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/055 involving electronic [EMR] or nuclear [NMR] magnetic resonance, e.g. magnetic resonance imaging
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/4488 Means for cooling A61B6/045 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/4494 Means for identifying the diagnostic device
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/56 Details of data transmission or power supply, e.g. use of slip rings
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/583 using calibration phantoms
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/00 Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves imaging of objects using sonar G01S15/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/90 Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/98 using electromagnetic means, e.g. transponders
• CPC Class Codes: H01J 35/025 X-ray tubes with structurally associated circuit elements

Abstract

The invention relates to a process for calibration of a medical-technical device which is in operation as a result of mounting a new component on the medical-technical device. The invention moreover relates to a medical-technical device which is made such that it automatically identifies the new component when a new component is mounted on the medical-technical device and displays the necessary steps for calibration of the medical-technical device based on the identification. The medical-technical device however can also be made such that it automatically identifies the newly attached component after its identification.

Claims

1. Process for calibration of a medical-technical device which is in operation as a result of the attachment of a new component to the medical-technical device, which comprises the following process steps:

automatically identifying the new component by the medical-technical device;

based on the identification of the new component, automatically retrieving steps necessary for calibration of the medical-technical device from at least one of the medical technical-device and the new component and automatically calibrating the medical-technical device by carrying out the retrieved steps; and

after identifying the new component, the medical-technical device generates a message and sends it to the central data processing system, the message comprising an entry about the medical-technical device and the new component.

2. Process as claimed in claim 1, in which the new component replaces a component of the medical-technical device.

3. Process as claimed in claim 1, in which the new component is a component which can be attached additionally to the medical-technical device.

4. Process as claimed in claim 1, in which the new component has a part which comprises a data record which is suitable for identification of the new component.

5. Process as claimed in claim 4, in which the data record comprises a serial number, an inspection number and/or a material number of the new component.

6. Process as claimed in claim 4, in which the data record comprises at least one important characteristic of the new component.

7. Process as claimed in claim 4, in which the medical-technical device identifies the new component by its reading out the data record of the part of the new component with the computer of the medical-technical device.

8. Process as claimed in claim 1, in which the message comprises an entry about the serial number, the material number and/or the inspection number of the new component.

9. Process as claimed in claim 1, in which the message is generated after calibration of the medical-technical device and is sent to the central data processing system and it comprises the data generated during calibration.

10. Process as claimed in claim 1, in which the message is transmitted via a long-distance data transmission means to the central data processing system.

11. Process as claimed in claim 1, in which the medical-technical device is a magnetic resonance device, a computer tomograph, an x-ray device, a lithotripter, an ultrasonic device, an isotope scanner or a device for radiation therapy.

12. Process for calibration of a medical-technical device which is in operation as a result of the attachment of a new component to the medical-technical device, which comprises the following process steps:

automatically identifying the new component by the medical-technical device;

calibrating the medical-technical device based on the identification of the new component;

after identifying the new component, the medical-technical device generating a message and sending the message to a central data processing system, the message comprising an entry about the medical-technical device and the new component; and

wherein the message is generated after calibration of the medical-technical device and is sent to the central data processing system and it comprises the data generated during calibration.

13. Process as claimed in claim 12, in which the message comprises an entry about the serial number, the material number and/or the inspection number of the new component.

14. Process for calibration of a medical-technical device which is in operation as a result of the attachment of a new component to the medical-technical device, which comprises the following process steps:

automatically identifying the new component by the medical-technical device;

calibrating the medical-technical device based on the identification of the new component;

after identifying the new component, the medical-technical device generating a message and sending the message to a central data processing system, the message comprising an entry about the medical-technical device and the new component; and

transmitting the message via a long-distance data transmission means to the central data processing system.

15. Medical-technical device comprising:

means for automatically identifying a new component when the new component is mounted on the medical-technical device;

means for automatically retrieving steps necessary for calibration of the medical-technical device from at least one of the medical technical-device and the new component and automatically calibrating the medical-technical device based on the identification by carrying out the retrieved steps; and

the medical technical device is made such that after identifying the new component the medical-technical device generates a message and sends it to the central data processing system, the message comprising an entry about the medical-technical device and the new component.

16. Medical-technical device as claimed in claim 15, in which the new component replaces the component of the medical-technical device.

17. Medical-technical device as claimed in claim 15, in which the new component is a component to be mounted additionally on the medical-technical device.

18. Medical-technical device as claimed in claim 15, in which the new component has a part which comprises a data record which is suitable for identification of the new component.

19. Medical-technical device as claimed in claim 18, in which the data record comprises an entry about the serial number, the inspection number and/or the material number of the new component.

20. Medical-technical device as claimed in claim 18, in which the data record comprises an entry about at least one important characteristic of the new component.

21. Medical-technical device as claimed in claim 18, in which the medical-technical device identifies the new component by its reading out the data record of the part of the new component with the computer of the medical-technical device.

22. Medical-technical device as claimed in claim 15, in which the message comprises an entry about the serial number, the material number and/or the inspection number of the new component.

23. Medical-technical device as claimed in claim 15, in which the message is generated after calibration of the medical-technical device and is sent to the central data processing system and it comprises the data generated during calibration.

24. Medical-technical device as claimed in claim 15, in which the message is transmitted via a long-distance data transmission means to the central data processing system.

25. Medical-technical device as claimed in claim 15, which is a magnetic resonance device, a computer tomograph, an x-ray device, a lithotripter, an ultrasonic device, an isotope scanner or a device for radiation therapy.

26. Medical-technical device comprising:

means for automatically identifying a new component when the new component is mounted on the medical-technical device; and

means for calibrating the medical-technical device based on the identification,

in which the medical technical device is made such that after identifying the new component the medical-technical device generates a message and sends it to a central data processing system, the message comprising an entry about the medical-technical device and the new component, and in which the message is generated after calibration of the medical-technical device and is sent to the central data processing system and it comprises the data generated during calibration.

27. Medical-technical device as claimed in claim 26, in which the message comprises an entry about the serial number, the material number and/or the inspection number of the new component.

28. Medical-technical device comprising:

means for automatically identifying a new component when the new component is mounted on the medical-technical device; and

means for calibrating the medical-technical device based on the identification,

in which the medical technical device is made such that after identifying the new component the medical-technical device generates a message and sends it to a central data processing system, the massage comprising an entry about the medical-technical device and the new component, and in which the message is transmitted via a long-distance data transmission means to the central data processing system.