Medical facility

• US 9,778,691 B2
• Filed: 12/11/2014
• Issued: 10/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Siemens Healthineers AG (Siemens AG)
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Sedlmair, Martin
• Primary Examiner(s): Sinclair, David M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Milliser, Theron S
• Application Number:
  US14/566,783
• Publication Number:
  US 20150169001A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,027 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/032 Transmission computed tomography [CT]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/461 Displaying means of special interest
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1698 the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/266 Arrangements to supply power to external peripherals either directly from the computer or under computer control, e.g. supply of power through the communication port, computer controlled power-strips
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0231 Cordless keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A medical facility includes an imaging medical device and at least one portable control/display unit. The imaging medical device includes a number of docking stations, each with a closed surface and designed to establish a wireless data link to the control/display unit, and designed to simultaneously hold the unit on the imaging medical device in a defined position.

Claims

1. A medical facility, comprising:

an imaging medical device including a plurality of docking stations each docking station formed as a recess in an exterior surface of the imaging medical device; and

at least one portable control/display unit fitted into a docking station, each of the docking stations including a surface having a data connection designed to establish a wireless data link to the control/display unit and a fixing connection to simultaneously hold the control/display unit on the imaging medical device in a defined position, wherein

a control/display unit is insertable into the docking station, and wherein the docking stations are of different configurations, and the imaging medical device is configured to recognize docking of a control/display unit in a specific docking station and to transmit configuration data to the docked control/display unit based on the respective docking station to which the control/display unit is docked, the configuration data being specific data associated with the respective docking station to control functionality of the imaging medical device.

2. The medical facility of claim 1, wherein the at least one portable control/display unit is magnetically fixable to one of the docking stations.

3. The medical facility of claim 1, wherein at least one of the docking stations includes a completely water-tight surface.

4. The medical facility of claim 1, wherein the imaging medical device is designed to monitor a data link between at least one of the docking stations and the at least one portable control/display unit.

5. The medical facility of claim 1, wherein the at least one portable control/display unit and at least one of the docking stations is designed for inductive data transfer.

6. The medical facility of claim 1, wherein the at least one portable control/display unit includes a touch-sensitive surface.

7. The medical facility of claim 1, wherein the docking stations are each designed for selective docking of a control/display unit, an input device, a display device, and cover that that blocks access to the docking station.

8. The medical facility of claim 1, wherein at least one of the docking stations is designed for wireless charging of the at least one portable docked control/display unit.

9. The medical facility of claim 1, wherein a computer tomograph is provided as the imaging medical device.

10. The medical facility of claim 2, wherein the imaging medical device is designed to monitor a data link between at least one of the docking stations and the at least one portable control/display unit.

11. The medical facility of claim 2, wherein the at least one portable control/display unit and at least one of the docking stations is designed for inductive data transfer.

12. The medical facility of claim 2, wherein the at least one portable control/display unit includes a touch-sensitive surface.

13. The medical facility of claim 2, wherein the docking stations are each designed for selective docking of an control/display unit, an input device, a display device, and a cover that blocks access to the docking station.

14. The medical facility of claim 2, wherein at least one of the docking stations is designed for wireless charging of the docked control/display unit.

15. The medical facility of claim 2, wherein a computer tomograph is provided as the imaging medical device.

16. The medical facility of claim 3, wherein the docking stations include different configurations, designed to configure a docked control/display unit in a specific way based on the respective docking station.

17. The medical facility of claim 3, wherein the imaging medical device is designed to monitor a data link between at least one of the docking stations and the at least one portable control/display unit.

18. The medical facility of claim 1, wherein docking stations are automatically configured by the imaging medical device such that the functionality of a control/display unit in a first docking station is of a display device and the functionality of a same control/display unit in a second docking station is of an input device.

19. The medical facility of claim 1, wherein surface regions of at least one of the docking stations or the control/display units is resiliently yielding, with latching of the control/display unit on the docking station being provided.