Method and device for positioning an emitter

US10660599B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

• Anne-Katrin Becker · Nuremberg, DE
• Steffen Benndorf · Simmerath, DE
• Franziska Dinse · Heiligenstadt, DE
• Susanne Dornberger · Erlangen, DE
• Michael Fuhrmann · Herzogenaurach, DE
• Philip Hafner · Zirndorf, DE
• Sultan Haider · Erlangen, DE
• Ralf Nanke · Fairview Avenue, DE
• Sabine Schaeffer-Kundler · Herzogenaurach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 24, 2015
• Grant date: May 26, 2020
• Expiry date: Jan 16, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B6/588
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for positioning an emitter relative to a detector includes determining the position of the detector relative to the emitter, changing the position of the detector and measuring the change in position using a measuring device located in the detector. Data related to the change in position of the detector is then supplied to a device for positioning the emitter, and the position of the emitter is changed in accordance with the data. An image capture device is also provided.