Medical workstation

US8828023B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KUKA Laboratories GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Neff · Newark, US
• Dirk Jacob · Heiligenhaus, DE
• Martin Kuschel · Munich, DE
• Marc-Walter Ueberle · Friedberg, DE
• Tobias Ortmaier · Hemmingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 3, 2011
• Grant date: Sep 9, 2014
• Expiry date: Apr 27, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2090/364
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A medical work station for treating a living being using a medical instrument includes at least one robot arm, which has a plurality of members connected by joints, drives to move the members, and an attaching device, at least one control device coupled with the drives, which is set up to generate signals for actuating the drives, so that the attaching devices carry out movements assigned to the signals, and a display device coupled with the control device.