Draping a wall of an imaging device
AssigneesSiemens Healthineers AG, The Regents of the University of Michigan
InventorsArne Hengerer, Vikas Gulani
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Abstract
Image guided interventions are performed in a sterile environment. A device is provided for imaging at least a part of a patient, wherein the device includes a detection apparatus having a tunnel through which or into which the patient is configured to be transported for imaging purposes. A sterile cover rolled up or folded is provided at the outside of the tunnel. A covering mechanism is capable of unrolling or unfolding the sterile cover and draping the sterile cover in the tunnel, such that the inner wall of tunnel is at least partially covered by the sterile cover.
Claims8
A device for imaging at least a part of a patient, the device comprising:
- a detection apparatus comprising a tunnel configured to receive the patient for imaging purposes;
- a sterile cover configured to be initially rolled up or folded outside of the tunnel;
- and
- a covering mechanism configured to unroll or unfold the sterile cover and drape the sterile cover in the tunnel, such that an inner wall of the tunnel is at least partially covered by the sterile cover,
- wherein the covering mechanism comprises an umbrella device configured to unfold the sterile cover and press the sterile cover to the inner wall of the tunnel when the umbrella device is pushed through the sterile cover in the tunnel such that the sterile cover is positioned between the inner wall of the tunnel and the umbrella device, and
- wherein the umbrella device of the covering mechanism is configured to be removed from the tunnel after the sterile cover is pressed to the inner wall of the tunnel and before the patient is moved into the tunnel.
A system configured to perform an image guided intervention, the system comprising:
- an intervention device;
- and
- a device for imaging at least a part of a patient,
- wherein the device comprises:
- a detection apparatus comprising a tunnel configured to receive the patient for imaging purposes;
- a sterile cover configured to be initially rolled up or folded outside of the tunnel;
- and
- a covering mechanism configured to unroll or unfold the sterile cover and drape the sterile cover in the tunnel, such that an inner wall of the tunnel is at least partially covered by the sterile cover,
- wherein the covering mechanism comprises an umbrella device configured to unfold the sterile cover and press the sterile cover to the inner wall of the tunnel when the umbrella device is pushed through the sterile cover in the tunnel such that the sterile cover is positioned between the inner wall of the tunnel and the umbrella device, and
- wherein the umbrella device of the covering mechanism is configured to be removed from the tunnel after the sterile cover is pressed to the inner wall of the tunnel and before the patient is moved into the tunnel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.