X-ray device

• US 7,406,155 B2
• Filed: 06/08/2005
• Issued: 07/29/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Siemens Healthineers AG (Siemens AG)
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Schmitt, Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): KAO, CHIH CHENG G
• Application Number:
  US11/149,383
• Publication Number:
  US 20050281378A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,147 Days
• Field of Search: 378/114, 378/115, 378/116, 378/117
• US Class Current: 378/117
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7475 User input or interface means, e.g. keyboard, pointing device, joystick
• 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 6/4291 the detector being combined with a grid or grating
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/548 Remote control of the apparatus or devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/56 Details of data transmission or power supply, e.g. use of slip rings

Abstract

X-ray device with at least one switch for triggering a signal and at least one receiver for the signal are provided. The receiver may be arranged remote from the switch. The switch (6) includes an energy converter for converting the mechanical energy expended in the event of the switch being triggered into electrical energy. The signal can then be wirelessly transmitted to the receiver (15) by way of a radio link.

Claims

1. An X-ray device including at least one movable component, comprising:

at least one mechanically actuatable switch for generating at least one signal, wherein the mechanically actuatable switch includes a first sensor for acquiring a measurement of a parameter indicative of a position of the movable component of the X-ray device, and the signal is a first sensor signal generated by the first sensor;

at least one receiver arranged remotely relative to the switch, the receiver configured to receive the signal generated by the switch;

an energy converter included in the switch for converting mechanical energy used to actuate the switch into electrical energy; and

at least one transmitter for wirelessly transmitting the signal to the receiver using the electrical energy.

2. The X-ray device according to claim 1, wherein the switch is configured to be actuated manually.

3. The X-ray device according to claim 1, wherein the switch is configured to be actuated contactlessly.

4. The X-ray device according to claim 3, wherein the switch is a proximity switch or a magnetic field switch.

5. The X-ray device according to claim 1, wherein the transmitter is included in the switch.

6. The X-ray device according to claim 5, wherein the transmitter is a high-frequency transmitter, and the receiver includes a high-frequency receiver.

7. The X-ray device according to claim 1, wherein the switch includes a first processor adapted for signal preprocessing, and the receiver includes a second processor adapted for signal evaluation.

8. The X-ray device according to claim 1, wherein the X-ray device comprises a plurality of mechanically actuatable switches.

9. The X-ray device according to claim 1, wherein a unique identifier is assigned to each mechanically actuatable switch and each receiver.

10. The X-ray device according to claim 1, wherein the signal is a digital radiogram configured to include pieces of information.

11. The X-ray device according to claim 1, wherein the mechanically actuatable switch is configured to be connected to a second sensor for acquiring a quantity to be measured, and the signal is a second sensor signal generated by the second sensor.

12. The X-ray device according to claim 1, wherein the wireless transmission is executed on a wireless communication channel using a predefined frequency.