US 12,127,866 B2
Medical device and method for operating a medical device
Alexander Beer, Kulmbach (DE); Andreas Deinlein, Bayreuth (DE); Thomas Dippl, Pressath (DE); Franz Dirauf, Bad Staffelstein (DE); Matthias Mueller, Bamberg (DE); and Claus-Guenter Schliermann, Kemnath (DE)
Assigned to SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG, Forchheim (DE)
Appl. No. 17/046,025
Filed by Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 7, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/055652
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 8, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/201506, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 24, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 205 758.3 (DE), filed on Apr. 16, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0038174 A1, Feb. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 6/0487 (2020.08) [A61B 6/102 (2013.01); A61B 6/4464 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device, comprising:
at least one movably mounted and motor-adjustable component;
at least one drive unit to adjust the at least one movably mounted and motor-adjustable component;
at least one motor control unit, associated with the at least one drive unit; and
at least one sensing unit configured to sense a location parameter and to identify an object that is being approached by the at least one movably mounted and motor-adjustable component while the at least one movably mounted and motor-adjustable component is in motion, the location parameter indicating a position of the at least one movably mounted and motor-adjustable component, wherein
a safety function is integrated in the at least one motor control unit,
the safety function is configured to restrict at least one operating parameter associated with movement of the at least one movably mounted and motor-adjustable component, and
an apparatus control unit is configured to actuate the at least one drive unit as a function of the location parameter, in accordance with the safety function and adjust a request of the safety function continuously as a function of the location parameter.