Medical diagnostic system with event drivers

US11523747B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

• Simon Bauer · Baunach, DE
• Thorsten Feiweier · Peising, DE
• Christian Köglmeier · Nuremberg, DE
• Carsten Prinz · Baiersdorf, DE
• Daniel Nicolas Splitthoff · Erlangen, DE
• Michael Zenge · Nuremberg, DE
• Michael Schneider · Angelbachtal, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 2, 2020
• Grant date: Dec 13, 2022
• Expiry date: Jan 14, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01R33/307
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for operating a medical diagnostic system that is configured to use a system component of the diagnostic system to generate examination data of a person under examination during an examination procedure is provided. The examination procedure with control of the system component is controlled by a piece of control software, and a component driver exchanges control commands of the control software with the system component in order to control the system component. The method includes providing an event driver that communicates with the control software via an interface of the control software. Via the event driver, a first event is detected in the examination procedure and reported to the event driver. When the first event is detected in the examination procedure, the use of the system component in the examination procedure is modified to a first type defined by the event driver.