Control unit and medical examination apparatus

US8886285B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Stefan Assmann · Erlangen, DE
• Björn Heismann · Erlangen, DE
• Reto Merges · Erlangen, DE
• Markus Schmidt · Seibersbach, DE
• Sebastian Schmidt · Weisendorf, DE
• Kera Westphal · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 25, 2012
• Grant date: Nov 11, 2014
• Expiry date: Nov 9, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B6/541
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A control unit for an equipment arrangement is provided. The control unit includes an imaging modality, a measurement device for measuring a control variable and a controllable injection device for a regulatory substance influencing the control variable, wherein the injection rate of the injection device may be varied during a data acquisition such that a proposed value for the control variable is reached.