Housing Cladding Module with Collision Identification for Medical Devices
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorWolfgang Neuber
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Abstract
A housing cladding module for a medical device is provided for collision identification. The module includes resistor elements, which are arranged in and/or on the surface and which are designed such that the resistor elements change their electrical resistance on expansion. The resistor elements are arranged in such a way that the resistor elements are expanded in the event of a collision with an object. The collision is identified easily, and the effective collision force may be ascertained.
Claims20
A housing cladding module for collision identification of a medical device, the housing cladding module comprising:
- resistor elements arranged in the housing cladding module, a surface or the housing cladding module, or both, the resistor elements configured to change an electrical resistance on expansion and arranged to expand on collision of the housing cladding module with an object.
An arrangement comprising
- a housing cladding module having resistor elements arranged in the housing cladding module, a surface or the housing cladding module, or both, the resistor elements configured to change an electrical resistance on expansion and arranged to expand on collision of the housing cladding module with an object;
- and
- a resistance measurement unit operable to measure changes in resistance of the resistor elements.
A method for detecting a collision of an object with a housing cladding module of a medical device, the method comprising:
- arranging resistor elements in a housing cladding module, on a surface of the housing cladding module, or both;
- and
- measuring a change in electrical resistance of the resistor elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.