Medical engineering robot, medical system, method for operation thereof, computer program, and storage medium

US11717358B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

• Jessica Magaraggia · Erlangen, DE
• Gerhard Kleinszig · Forchheim, DE
• Maddalena Strumia · Forchheim, DE
• Alois Regensburger · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 17, 2020
• Grant date: Aug 8, 2023
• Expiry date: Mar 5, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M25/0116
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a medical engineering robot, a medical system, a method for operation thereof, a corresponding computer program, and a corresponding computer-readable storage medium. By controlling a pose of an instrument arm of the robot relative to a respective examination object to be treated or to be examined by the robot, the disclosure makes provision for automatically bringing the instrument arm into contact with the examination object and through this for setting a predetermined pose of the examination object.