Method and patient bed for positioning a patient in a medical examination system
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorGabriel Haras
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Abstract
In a method for simplified positioning of a patient bed positioning information of a measurement position of the patient bed is recorded and retained as a forced stop position. The positioning of the patient bed between the measurement position ensues such that, given a movement of the patient bed from the withdrawn position, the positioning procedure is automatically halted upon reaching the measurement position.
Claims17
A method for positioning an automatically controlled patient bed relative to a data acquisition device of a medical examination system, comprising the steps of:
- by motorized movement, moving a patient bed to a measurement position in a data acquisition device of a medical examination system, and recording and storing information identifying said measurement position as a forced stop position of said patient bed;
- by further motorized movement of said patient bed, moving said patient bed from said measurement position to a withdrawn position that is spatially separated from said measurement position;
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- by further motorized movement of said patient bed, moving said patient bed from said withdrawn position back to said measurement position and stopping said motorized movement of said patient bed to halt said patient bed at said measurement position using said information stored as said forced stop position.
A patient position device for positioning a patient in a data acquisition device of a medical examination system, said patient positioning device comprising:
- a motorized patient bed that is movable through a plurality of positions relative to said data acquisition device;
- a position measurement device that detects and stores at least one of said positions of said patient bed;
- a control unit that controls positioning of said patient bed dependent on manual operation of a control element of said control unit, said control element being operable to cause said control unit to move said patient bed to a measurement position in said data acquisition device, at which said position measurement device records information identifying said measurement position as a forced stop position;
- said control unit, dependent on further operation of said control element, causing said patient bed to move from said measurement position to a withdrawn position spaced from said measurement position;
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- said control unit, upon further operation of said control element, automatically causing said patient bed to move toward said measurement position and to stop at said measurement position using said information stored as said forced stop position.
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