Patient couch for a medical imaging installation

US12239468B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Healthineers AG · DE

Inventors

• Wolfgang Neuber · Pressath, DE
• Matthias Mueller · Harsefeld, DE
• Guenther Gambke · Weidenberg, DE
• Andreas DEINLEIN · Bayreuth, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 4, 2021
• Grant date: Mar 4, 2025
• Expiry date: Oct 14, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01R33/28
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A patient couch is disclosed. In an embodiment, the patient couch includes a docking facility for mechanical docking on a docking point of a medical imaging installation; a drive unit including a plurality of wheels for a drive movement of the patient couch up to a docking position, where the docking facility reaches the docking point; at least one sensor, to acquire sensor signals characterizing a relative position between the medical imaging installation and the patient couch; a computing unit to calculate a movement trajectory with a destination of the docking position for the patient couch, based on the sensor signals acquired; and a display facility, to display the movement trajectory calculated for a user.