US 12,239,468 B2
Patient couch for a medical imaging installation
Wolfgang Neuber, Pressath (DE); Matthias Mueller, Bamberg (DE); Guenther Gambke, Weidenberg (DE); and Andreas Deinlein, Bayreuth (DE)
Assigned to SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG, Forchheim (DE)
Filed by Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen (DE)
Filed on Aug. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/393,559.
Claims priority of application No. 20 2020 104 652.7 (DE), filed on Aug. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0047218 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/70 (2013.01) [A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 5/742 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0456 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0204 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0223 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patient couch comprising:
a docking device configured to mechanically dock to a docking point of a medical imaging installation;
a drive unit, including a plurality of wheels, configured to drive movement of the patient couch up to a docking position at which the docking device reaches the docking point;
at least one sensor configured to acquire sensor signals characterizing a relative position between the medical imaging installation and the patient couch;
a computing unit configured to calculate, based on the sensor signals, a movement trajectory with a destination of the docking position for the patient couch, wherein
the computing unit is configured to calculate the movement trajectory such that a longitudinal axis of the patient couch and a longitudinal axis of the medical imaging installation form a maximum angle of 2° with respect to one another when the patient couch reaches the docking position; and
a display device configured to display the movement trajectory.