Device for moving a medical object and method for providing a signal
AssigneeSiemens Healthineers AG
InventorsTobias Lenich, Trixi Leistner, Stanislav Tashenov
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Abstract
A device for moving a medical object, the device including a mover device and a sensor unit. The mover device is configured to hold and/or move a medical object at least partially disposed in the mover device by transmitting a force. The sensor unit is configured to detect a counterforce exerted by the medical object on the mover device and acting in the opposite direction to the force. The medical object is at least partially disposed in an examination subject. The device is configured to provide a signal as a function of the counterforce. The mover device is configured to move the medical object as a function of the signal.
Claims20
A device for moving a medical object, the device comprising:
- a mover device configured to hold, move, or hold and move the medical object at least partially disposed in the mover device by transmitting a force;
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- a sensor unit configured to detect a counterforce exerted by the medical object on the mover device and acting in the opposite direction to the force;
- wherein the medical object is at least partially disposed in an examination subject,
- wherein a signal is provided as a function of the counterforce,
- wherein the mover device is further configured to move the medical object as a function of the signal.
A method for providing a signal, the method comprising:
- moving, holding, or moving and holding of a medical object by a mover device by transmitting a force, wherein the medical object is at least partially disposed in an examination subject;
- receiving a sensor signal of a sensor unit configured to detect a counterforce exerted by the medical object on the mover device and acting in the opposite direction to the force, wherein the sensor signal contains information relating to the counterforce;
- receiving a dataset that contains an image of the examination subject;
- determining a spatial positioning of a distal end portion of the medical object with respect to the dataset;
- identifying an origin of the counterforce on a basis of the sensor signal, the spatial positioning of the distal end portion, and the dataset;
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- providing the signal as a function of the origin of the counterforce.
A non-transitory computer implemented storage medium, including machine-readable instructions stored therein, that when executed by at least one processor, cause the processor to:
- receive, after moving, holding, or moving and holding of a medical object by a mover device, wherein the medical object is at least partially disposed in an examination subject, a sensor signal of a sensor unit configured to detect a counterforce exerted by the medical object on the mover device and acting in the opposite direction to a force of the mover device, wherein the sensor signal contains information relating to the counterforce;
- receive a dataset that contains an image of the examination subject;
- determine a spatial positioning of a distal end portion of the medical object with respect to the dataset;
- identify an origin of the counterforce on the basis of the sensor signal, the spatial positioning of the distal end portion, and the dataset;
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- provide the signal as a function of the origin of the counterforce.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.