Medical apparatus
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorGuenter Hahn
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Abstract
A medical apparatus for dealing with problems which, when a problem affecting the medical apparatus occurs, determine the component (7) which is the cause of the problem concerned and display it, in the event that this is a component (7) which can be exchanged by an apparatus user without service support, the means for dealing with problems (13) displaying a request to exchange this component.
Claims17
A medical imaging apparatus comprising:
- means for dealing with problems which, when a problem affecting the medical imaging apparatus occurs, self-determines, free of medically trained user input, that (those) component(s) which is (are) the cause of the problem concerned and display it (them) on a display device,
- at least one of the components of which is a self-change component which can be exchanged by an apparatus user without service support and, in the event that a self-change component is a component causing the problem concerned, the means of which for dealing with problems display a self-initiated request to exchange this self-change component, and
- in which the means for dealing with problems order the self-change component to be exchanged via telecommunication means, wherein the apparatus user is a physician or an imaging apparatus trained medical assistant.
The medical imaging apparatus, comprising:
- plural components operatively connected to perform a medical function;
- and
- self-test means for independently determining, free of medically trained user input, through an intelligent self-test when a problem affecting the medical imaging apparatus occurs, a problem-causing component from among the plural components, and displaying the problem-causing component on a display device,
- the problem-causing component being a self-change component which can be exchanged by an apparatus user without service support,
- wherein the apparatus user is a physician or an imaging apparatus trained medical assistant.
The medical imaging apparatus of claim wherein the self-test means comprises a post-installation test to perform a diagnostic test on the medical imaging apparatus after the exchange of the problem-causing component to verify proper post-installation operation of the medical imaging apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.