Bulb tube preheating
US10244612B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 8, 2016 |
| Grant date | Mar 26, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 22, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05G1/36
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and apparatus for preheating a bulb tube of medical equipment is provided. The method includes: selecting a scanning condition which satisfies an equipment calibration condition, as a preheating condition for the bulb tube, from scanning conditions used by the medical equipment; selecting a new preheating condition if an accumulated thermal capacity according to selected preheating conditions is smaller than a target thermal capacity, until the accumulated thermal capacity reaches the target thermal capacity, wherein the accumulated thermal capacity indicates a sum of a thermal capacity estimated to be generated when the bulb tube is preheated according to the selected preheating conditions, and the target thermal capacity indicates a thermal capacity required to complete the preheating of the bulb tube; preheating the bulb tube according to selected preheating conditions and executing an equipment calibration corresponding to each of the preheating conditions during the bulb tube preheating.
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