Abstract: A medical technology device has a cladding element, in which a sensor element is arranged. The sensor element is configured to detect when the cladding element collides with the base body or another body during movement of an additional part relative to the base body. The sensor element is configured to issue a sensor signal in the event of a collision of the cladding element. The cladding element has an inner shell and an outer shell, both of which include plastic, lie one on top of the other, and are joined together at their edge regions by way of a connection. The inner shell and the outer shell form a cavity therebetween, in which the sensor element is arranged to at least partially fill. The sensor element is configured to be removed from the cavity again after the connection between the inner shell and the outer shell is released.

Abstract: One or more example embodiments relates to a safety apparatus for enabling motion control commands for controlling a medical apparatus. The safety apparatus comprises a controller configured to control a movement of at least a component of the medical apparatus by an operator, wherein the controller includes a dead man's device configured to output dead man's information as a function of a state of the dead man's device; an operating sensor configured to output operating information as a function of an operation of the controller by the operator; and an evaluator configured to verify an enablement of a motion control command based on the dead man's information and the operating information.

Abstract: In a method for operation of a docking arrangement, position information is determined that describes a position of the patient table, including detecting, sensor data corresponding to: the position of the patient table relative to the docking arrangement, and/or to an environment feature describing a movement trajectory to the docking arrangement. The method may further include performing, in response to a switchover condition indicative of a handover situation and a purely manual operation of the patient table by an operator, a switch into an assistance operating mode of the docking arrangement. In the assistance operating mode, at least one guidance measure may be determined for the patient table and a functional component of the patient table may be controlled to assist the operator.

Abstract: A method for determining items of object information in at least one of a medical examination or treatment arrangement with at least one object is provided. The at least one object is captured via at least one camera and an item of object information includes at least one of identification information or positional information relating to the at least one object. The item of object information is determined via a control device by evaluating camera data from at least one camera image obtained by the at least one camera, and the at least one object is equipped with a tracking device. The method comprises: determining, via the tracking device, an item of pose information describing at least one of a position or an orientation of the at least one object; and using the item of pose information to determine the item of object information.

Abstract: In a method for operation of a docking arrangement, position information is determined that describes a position of the patient table, including detecting, sensor data corresponding to: the position of the patient table relative to the docking arrangement, and/or to an environment feature describing a movement trajectory to the docking arrangement. The method may further include performing, in response to a switchover condition indicative of a handover situation and a purely manual operation of the patient table by an operator, a switch into an assistance operating mode of the docking arrangement. In the assistance operating mode, at least one guidance measure may be determined for the patient table and a functional component of the patient table may be controlled to assist the operator.

Abstract: One or more example embodiments of the present invention relates to a tactile sensor cover for detecting a collision with a multilayer, two-dimensional structure. The tactile sensor cover includes a reversibly deformable top layer forming an outer side of the sensor cover; a rigid base layer forming an inner side of the sensor cover; a sensor unit running between the top layer and the base layer, the sensor unit comprising two sensor layers; and a reversibly compressible spacer layer arranged between the two sensor layers, wherein at least two of the top layer, the base layer, and the two sensor layers are embodied as layers formed via an additive manufacturing technique.

Abstract: A method for localizing an object in the surroundings of an apparatus generating a stray magnetic field, wherein the object has a sensor arrangement including at least one magnetic field sensor, the method comprising: ascertaining at least one item of object information based on (i) stray-field information describing the spatial profile of the stray magnetic field at least within a region and (ii) at least one measured value measured with the sensor arrangement describing a location-dependent property of the stray magnetic field, the at least one item of object information describing at least one of the position or orientation of the object in the region.

Abstract: A remote communication facility is described. The remote control facility of an embodiment includes a data capture unit for capturing state data and machine data from a medical technology facility; an evaluating unit for generating a digital twin based upon the state data and machine data; a display unit for displaying the digital twin and a control unit for controlling the medical technology facility based upon the displayed data of the digital twin. In addition, an operation and treatment system is described. A remote communication method is also described.

Abstract: A method is for operating an at least partially autonomously moving, mobile medical unit, which has at least one sensing device for detecting possible collision objects in the environment of the unit and a control device, which evaluates the sensing data of the sensing device and which is designed to at least partially autonomously operate the movement of the unit while performing a collision protection function. In an embodiment of the method, a possible collision object described by the sensing data is classified by evaluating the sensing data and the classification is taken into consideration in the autonomous operation of the unit, in particular in the calculation of a trajectory to be traveled.

Abstract: A method and device for operating an x-ray device including an x-ray emitter and an x-ray detector are provided. An alternating magnetic field is produced and emitted at the x-ray emitter. At least two sensors are included for capturing at least one physical variable correlating with the alternating magnetic field. An alignment of the x-ray detector relative to the x-ray emitter is determined based on the measurement.

Abstract: A method is for operating an at least partially autonomously moving, mobile medical unit, which has at least one sensing device for detecting possible collision objects in the environment of the unit and a control device, which evaluates the sensing data of the sensing device and which is designed to at least partially autonomously operate the movement of the unit while performing a collision protection function. In an embodiment of the method, a possible collision object described by the sensing data is classified by evaluating the sensing data and the classification is taken into consideration in the autonomous operation of the unit, in particular in the calculation of a trajectory to be traveled.

Abstract: A mobile medical device drivable on rollers or wheels on the floor by way of a motor is provided, wherein the medical device is configured to take a planned route. The device has an optical display apparatus embodied to optically display at least one future movement feature of the medical device on the planned route. A visualization of the route planning helps the user to better estimate the future movement behavior of a medical device.

Abstract: An arrangement with a movable apparatus part is provided. The arrangement includes a mat-like, removable collision detection device arranged on the apparatus part and a plurality of first fasteners of the collision detection device. The plurality of first fasteners are configured to form a releasable connection with corresponding second fasteners of the apparatus part. The arrangement also includes an electrical monitoring unit configured to monitor an electrical resistance of the connection of the plurality of first fasteners to the second fasteners. A medical imaging apparatus with such an arrangement, and an associated method are also provided.

Abstract: A mobile walker has a frame, at least two wheels which are embodied and arranged on the frame to move the mobile walker around on a ground surface, at least one hand grip embodied and arranged on the frame to be used by a user of the mobile walker as a support and pushing aid, at least one measured value recording unit embodied and programmed to record at least one vital parameter of the user, and a processor unit which is connected communicatively to the measured value recording unit and which is embodied and programmed to assess the recorded vital parameter and/or transmit the same to a control center arranged separately from the mobile walker.

Abstract: A method and device for operating an x-ray device including an x-ray emitter and an x-ray detector are provided. An alternating magnetic field is produced and emitted at the x-ray emitter. At least two sensors are included for capturing at least one physical variable correlating with the alternating magnetic field. An alignment of the x-ray detector relative to the x-ray emitter is determined based on the measurement.

Abstract: A collision sensor device for a medical apparatus includes a sensor structure having a first sensor and a second sensor that are separated by a spacer layer, at least one crumple layer that adjoins one of the first sensor and the second sensor and is configured to provide a run-on path, and an outer surface layer provided on a side facing away from the medical apparatus in an installed state of the collision sensor device.

Abstract: A method for determining a recognition threshold for recognizing the presence of a tooth or a tooth gap of a position sensor in front of a sensor is presented. The method includes a step of reading in a sensor signal which represents a variation over time of a measured magnetic field when the teeth and the tooth gaps of the position sensor are passed by the sensor. In addition, the method includes a step of ascertaining from the sensor signal a first value based on a minimum value of the sensor signal and a first value based on a maximum value of the sensor signal within a predefined time interval. The method also includes a step of computing a differential absolute value which represents a predetermined percentage of a difference between the value based on the at least one maximum value and a value based on the at least one minimum value of the sensor signal.

Abstract: A mobile medical device drivable on rollers or wheels on the floor by way of a motor is provided, wherein the medical device is configured to take a planned route. The device has an optical display apparatus embodied to optically display at least one future movement feature of the medical device on the planned route. A visualization of the route planning helps the user to better estimate the future movement behavior of a medical device.

Abstract: An arrangement with a movable apparatus part is provided. The arrangement includes a mat-like, removable collision detection device arranged on the apparatus part and a plurality of first fasteners of the collision detection device. The plurality of first fasteners are configured to form a releasable connection with corresponding second fasteners of the apparatus part. The arrangement also includes an electrical monitoring unit configured to monitor an electrical resistance of the connection of the plurality of first fasteners to the second fasteners. A medical imaging apparatus with such an arrangement, and an associated method are also provided.

Abstract: A collision sensor device for a medical apparatus includes a sensor structure having a first sensor and a second sensor that are separated by a spacer layer, at least one crumple layer that adjoins one of the first sensor and the second sensor and is configured to provide a run-on path, and an outer surface layer provided on a side facing away from the medical apparatus in an installed state of the collision sensor device.