- Document Number:
20240288596
- Appl. No:
18/589689
- Application Filed:
February 28, 2024
- نبذة مختصرة :
A medical engineering apparatus includes a functional unit that may move relative to an object. The medical engineering apparatus includes a first electrode unit and a second electrode unit arranged separately from the first electrode unit that together form a capacitive sensor unit for determining a distance between the object and the second electrode unit. The first electrode unit is electrically connectable to the object, and the second electrode unit is connected to the functional unit. An electrical alternating signal may be applied to the first electrode unit or the second electrode unit. The medical engineering apparatus includes a determining unit for determining the distance based on a current measured at the first electrode unit or the second electrode unit. The medical engineering apparatus includes an output unit for outputting an output value based on the measured current.
- Claim:
1. A medical engineering apparatus comprising: a functional unit that is movable relative to an object; a first electrode unit and a second electrode unit arranged separately from the first electrode unit, the first electrode unit and the second electrode unit together forming a capacitive sensor unit configured to determine a distance between the object and the second electrode unit, wherein the first electrode unit is configured to be electrically connectable to the object, and the second electrode unit is configured in connection with the functional unit, and wherein an electrical alternating signal is applicable to the first electrode unit or the second electrode unit; a determining unit configured to determine the distance based on a current measured at the first electrode unit or the second electrode unit, wherein the determining unit is connected to the first electrode unit, the second electrode unit, or the first electrode unit and the second electrode unit; and an output unit configured to output an output value based on the measured current.
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2. The medical engineering apparatus of claim 1, wherein the object is an examination object.
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3. The medical engineering apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first electrode unit is configured as a transmitter unit, and the second electrode unit is configured as a receiver unit.
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4. The medical engineering apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first electrode unit is configured as a receiver unit, and the second electrode unit is configured as a transmitter unit.
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5. The medical engineering apparatus of claim 3, wherein the receiver unit is changeable into a transmitter unit, and the transmitter unit is changeable into a receiver unit.
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6. The medical engineering apparatus of claim 1, wherein the functional unit is an imaging unit or a radiation unit.
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7. The medical engineering apparatus of claim 6, wherein the functional unit is the imaging unit, the imaging unit comprising a C-arm with an X-ray source and an X-ray detector.
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8. The medical engineering apparatus of claim 1, wherein the determining unit is further configured to determine an overcoupling strength, a current discharging to ground, or the overcoupling strength and the current discharging to ground.
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9. The medical engineering apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of second electrode units configured in connection with the functional unit, wherein each second electrode unit of the plurality of second electrode units is configured as a conductive element.
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10. The medical engineering apparatus of claim 9, wherein a signal is applied to the first electrode unit or at least one second electrode unit of the second electrode unit and the plurality of second electrode units.
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11. The medical engineering apparatus of claim 10, wherein the signal is a voltage.
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12. The medical engineering apparatus of claim 10, wherein signals of different frequency or with different impressed codes are applied to electrode units of the first electrode unit, the second electrode unit, and the plurality of second electrode units, the electrode units being configured as separate transmitter units.
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13. The medical engineering apparatus of claim 10, wherein the signal has a frequency less than 1 MHz.
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14. The medical engineering apparatus of claim 13, wherein the signal has a frequency less than 100 Hz.
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15. The medical engineering apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first electrode unit is arranged as a pad under the object or on the object, is integrated as a pad in a patient couch, or is configured as a flexible pad.
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16. The medical engineering apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first electrode unit is incorporated by an electrocardiogram (ECG) recording system.
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17. The medical engineering apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a conductive layer, to which a second current applicable, the conductor layer being on the functional unit for collision detection.
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18. A method for measuring a distance between a functional unit and an object with a medical engineering apparatus, the method comprising: providing a first electrode unit and a second electrode unit arranged separately from the first electrode unit, the first electrode unit and the second electrode unit together forming a capacitive sensor unit configured to determine a distance between the object and the second electrode unit, wherein the first electrode unit is configured to be connectable to the object, and the second electrode unit is configured in connection with the functional unit, which is movable relative to the object, wherein an electrical alternating signal is applicable to the first electrode unit or the second electrode unit; determining the distance based on a current measured at the first electrode unit or the second electrode unit; and outputting an output value based on the measured current.
- Claim:
19. In a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions executable by one or more processors of a medical engineering apparatus to measure a distance between a functional unit and an object, the instructions comprising: providing a first electrode unit and a second electrode unit arranged separately from the first electrode unit, the first electrode unit and the second electrode unit together forming a capacitive sensor unit configured to determine a distance between the object and the second electrode unit, wherein the first electrode unit is configured to be connectable to the object, and the second electrode unit is configured in connection with the functional unit, which is movable relative to the object, wherein an electrical alternating signal is applicable to the first electrode unit or the second electrode unit; determining the distance based on a current measured at the first electrode unit or the second electrode unit; and outputting an output value based on the measured current.
- Current International Class:
01; 01; 01
- الرقم المعرف:
edspap.20240288596
Processing Request
No Comments.