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Moving a robot arm

US10470740B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

Joerg Freudenberger · Kalchreuth, DE
Sultan Haider · Erlangen, DE
Peter Molnar · Szombathely, HU

Key dates

Filing date	May 23, 2018
Grant date	Nov 12, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 23, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S901/30
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method is disclosed for moving a robot arm for an ultrasound examination, an ultrasound probe being attached to the robot arm. An associated ultrasound system is also disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes providing a trained artificial neural network recording a medical issue; determining a motion dataset containing a motion sequence of the robot arm by applying the trained artificial neural network to the medical issue; transferring the motion dataset to a controller of the robot arm; and moving the robot arm in accordance with the motion sequence of the motion dataset. An associated second computing unit, and an associated computer program product are also disclosed.

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