X-RAY MEDICAL APPARATUS FURNISHED WITH LUMINOUS DEVICES CONTROLLED AS A FUNCTION OF THE MODE OF OPERATION OF THE APPARATUS

• US 20130136232A1
• Filed: 11/19/2012
• Published: 05/30/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: BOUVIER, Bernard, MARTEAU, Jean-Michel
• Granted Patent: US 9,101,318 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 378/62
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/44 Constructional features of apparatus for radiation diagnosis
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/4435 the source unit and the detector unit being coupled by a rigid structure
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/462 characterised by constructional features of the display
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/504 for diagnosis of blood vessels, e.g. by angiography

Abstract

An X-ray apparatus is provided. The X-ray apparatus comprises: an X-ray tube; an X-ray detector disposed opposite the X-ray tube in a direction of the emission of X-rays; and a set of luminous devices controlled by a central unit controlling the operation of the apparatus so as to emit luminous radiations as a function of the mode of operation of the apparatus.

Claims

1. An X-ray medical apparatus comprising:

an X-ray tube;

an X-ray detector disposed opposite the X-ray tube in a direction of the emission of X-rays;

a set of luminous devices; and

a central unit configured to control the set of luminous devices to emit luminous radiations as a function of modes of operation of the apparatus.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the central unit comprises a set of programmed modes of light emission, wherein each of the programmed modes is associated with a mode of operation of the apparatus.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the luminous devices comprise luminous sources of variable colors.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the luminous devices comprise luminous sources configured to emit light in the form of beats.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the luminous devices comprise an array of light-emitting diodes.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the array of light-emitting diodes comprises at least three light-emitting diodes every 5 cm.

7. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the luminous devices comprise at least two pairs of parallel strips of diodes, and wherein the strips are offset so that a diode of one of the at least two strips is inserted between two diodes of another of the two strips.

8. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the luminous devices comprise:

a reflector on which the diodes are mounted; and

a diffuser configured to shroud the diodes and having a sand-blasting on at least one of an internal surface of the diffuser and an external surface of the diffuser.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the luminous devices comprise a light-tight seal arranged between the diffuser and a body of the apparatus.

10. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a mast configured for the passage of connection elements, the mast comprising:

a first luminous device arranged over at least a part of the length of the mast; and

a second luminous device arranged on an end saucer of the mast.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein a base of the apparatus comprises a third luminous device.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising a fourth luminous device arranged on a framework of the X-ray detector.