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US 10,863,952 B2Granted
Apparatus, system and method for controlling medical equipment
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsLaurence Vancamberg, Jérôme Sutty, Razvan Iordache, Remy Klausz
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Abstract
An apparatus for controlling medical equipment is provided. The apparatus includes patient positioning equipment, and a control system coupled to the patient positioning equipment. The control system is configured to control a function of the medical equipment.
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A system for controlling medical equipment comprising:
- patient positioning equipment including at least a patient table;
- a mammography imaging system having a breast support area for compression of a breast of a patient with at least one compression paddle during an imaging procedure;
- a control device physically interconnected with the patient table of the patient positioning equipment and movable with the patient table, the control device being connected to the mammography imaging system only via a wire or wirelessly for controlling positioning of the at least one compression paddle;
- wherein the control device is configured to control both positioning of the patient table and positioning of the at least one compression paddle during the imaging procedure;
- and
- wherein the patient table and the mammography imaging system are mechanically separate.
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A system for controlling mammography equipment comprising:
- a mammography imaging system having a breast support area for compression of a breast of a patient with at least one compression paddle during an imaging procedure;
- a breast imaging table for supporting a patient during the imaging procedure, the breast imaging table having at least one wheel or caster for facilitating horizontal movement of the breast imaging table on a surface with respect to the mammography imaging system;
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- switch controls physically coupled to the breast imaging table and moveable therewith;
- wherein the switch controls are configured to control both positioning of the breast imaging table and positioning of the at least one compression paddle during the imaging procedure;
- wherein the breast imaging table is mechanically separate from, and moveable relative to, the mammography imaging system;
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- wherein the switch controls are connected to the mammography imaging system only via a wire or wirelessly for controlling positioning of the at least one compression paddle.
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A method of controlling medical equipment comprising:
- physically interconnecting a controller to a patient positioning system having a patient table for supporting a patient;
- communicatively coupling the controller to the patient positioning system having a patient table for supporting a patient;
- communicatively coupling the controller to a mammography imaging system via only a wired or wireless connection, the mammography imaging system having a breast support area for compression of a breast of the patient with at least one compression paddle during an imaging procedure;
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- controlling at least one function of each of the patient table and the mammography imaging system using the controller;
- wherein the patient table and the mammography imaging system are mechanically separate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.