US 12,453,521 B2
Mobile medical device, mobile device, and method
Malte Reinhard, Nuremberg (DE); Alexander Gemmel, Erlangen (DE); Josef Zeidler, Marktredwitz (DE); and Franz Dirauf, Bad Staffelstein (DE)
Assigned to Siemens Healthineers AG, Forchheim (DE)
Appl. No. 17/613,031
Filed by Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen (DE)
PCT Filed May 24, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/063459
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 19, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/239187, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0240878 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 6/00 (2024.01)
CPC A61B 6/4405 (2013.01) [A61B 6/4441 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0431 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0437 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0462 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0487 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile medical device comprising:
a device trolley that is movable in at least two movement modes in a motor-assisted manner, the device trolley comprising at least one gripping element, wherein the at least one gripping element is grippable by at least one human hand of an operating person for moving the mobile medical device;
at least one sensor that is arranged on a gripping element of the at least one gripping element or in direct vicinity of the gripping element, the at least one sensor being configured to:
capture first measurement data characterizing a first manner, a first location, or the first manner and the first location of a first gripping by the at least one human hand; and
capture second measurement data characterizing a second manner, a second location, or the second manner and the second location of a second gripping by the at least one human hand;
an evaluating unit configured to:
evaluate the first measurement data with regard to first gripping characteristics of the first gripping, wherein the first gripping characteristics provide conclusions about a first movement of the mobile medical device planned or intended by the operating person; and
associate the first measurement data with a first movement mode of the at least two movement modes of the device trolley;
evaluate the second measurement data with regard to second gripping characteristics of the second gripping, wherein the second gripping characteristics provide conclusions about a second movement of the mobile medical device planned or intended by the operating person; and
associate the second measurement data with a second movement mode of the at least two movement modes of the device trolley;
a control unit configured to automatically set the associated first movement mode or the associated second movement mode of the device trolley,
wherein the first movement mode is configured such that on setting of the first movement mode, the first movement of the device trolley is supported, and the second movement mode is configured such that on setting the second movement mode, the second movement of the device trolley is supported, the second movement being slower than the first movement.