US 12,343,882 B2
Automatic collimator installation systems and methods
Beien Wang, Shanghai (CN); and Li Fang, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD., Shanghai (CN)
Filed by SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD., Shanghai (CN)
Filed on Nov. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/052,945.
Claims priority of application No. 202111315533.5 (CN), filed on Nov. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0142017 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 6/06 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); A61B 90/98 (2016.01)
CPC B25J 9/1687 (2013.01) [A61B 6/06 (2013.01); A61B 6/4411 (2013.01); A61B 6/4494 (2013.01); B65G 1/137 (2013.01); A61B 90/98 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automatic collimator installation system, comprising a cart, a storage medium including a set of instructions, and at least one processor configured to communicate with the storage medium, wherein when executing the set of instructions, the at least one processor is configured to direct the system to perform operations including:
obtaining an installation instruction for installing a target collimator into a medical scanner;
identifying, from a plurality of collimators stored in a collimator storage device, the target collimator based on the installation instruction;
using the cart to transport the target collimator from the collimator storage device to the medical scanner; and
automatically installing, using the cart, the target collimator into the medical scanner.