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Mobile medical device including a LiDAR sensor and a method for controlling such a mobile medical device

US12274572B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Healthineers AG · DE

Inventors

Ingo Hollenborg · Bayreuth, DE
Martin Ossa Kafentzis · Heroldsberg, DE
Markus Weiten · Nuremberg, DE
Alexander Gemmel · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 22, 2022
Grant date	Apr 15, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 9, 2043

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01S17/931
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method is provided for the automatic control of a drivable, mobile medical device having a collision control system that has at least one LiDAR sensor. The method includes: locomotion of the device at a first speed, periodic joint scanning of at least one part of the surroundings of the device; using the at least one LiDAR sensor during the locomotion of the device; evaluating the scan data of the surroundings that has been recorded by the LiDAR sensor; and evaluating the scan data of the specified device section, the scan data being recorded by the LiDAR sensor in such a manner that a functional capability of the LiDAR sensor is tested and the speed of the device is controlled in a closed-loop manner depending on the result of the evaluations.

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