Monitoring of a medical device
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsOliver Hornung, Donal Medlar
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Abstract
The present embodiments relate to a monitoring system for a medical device, wherein the medical device comprises a robot and an image recording part which can be moved by the robot. Provision is made for a radiation source which is attached to the medical device, and for a radiation receiver which is situated remotely from the medical device and is for receiving radiation that is emitted from the radiation source. A comparison entity compares the point of impact of radiation on the radiation receiver with one or more predetermined points of impact of radiation on the radiation receiver. The invention further relates to a corresponding method for monitoring a medical device.
Claims20
A monitoring system for a medical device, the medical device comprising a robot and an image recording part that is moveable by the robot, the monitoring system comprising:
- a radiation source that is attached to the medical device;
- a radiation receiver that is situated remotely from the medical device and is configured to receive radiation emitted from the radiation source;
- and
- a comparison entity configured to compare only a single point of impact of radiation on the radiation receiver with a predetermined point of impact of radiation on the radiation receiver and determine whether the point of impact of radiation on the radiation receiver is within a tolerance range associated with the predetermined point of impact of radiation on the radiation receiver based on the comparison,
- wherein the radiation source is a laser, and the radiation receiver is a camera, the laser and the camera being arranged such that the laser is configured to emit a laser beam towards the camera.
A method for monitoring a medical device comprising a robot, an image recording part that is movable by the robot, and a radiation source operable to emit radiation, the method comprising:
- receiving radiation emitted from the radiation source by a radiation receiver that is situated remotely from the medical device, wherein the radiation source is a laser, and the radiation receiver is a camera, the laser and the camera being arranged such that the laser is configured to emit a laser beam towards the camera;
- comparing only a single point of impact of the received radiation on the radiation receiver with a predetermined point of impact of radiation on the radiation receiver;
- and
- determining whether the point of impact of the received radiation on the radiation receiver is within a tolerance range associated with the predetermined point of impact of radiation on the radiation receiver based on the comparing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.