Air filter cleaning device and medical imaging system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12485377-B2
Application number	US-202218069773-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 21, 2022
Priority date	Dec 31, 2021
Publication date	Dec 2, 2025
Grant date	Dec 2, 2025

Abstract

A cleaning device of an air filter of a medical imaging system includes: a linkage assembly; a filter cleaning assembly, mounted on the linkage assembly; and a driving assembly, connected to the linkage assembly and used, in response to a received control signal, to drive the linkage assembly to move so as to drive the filter cleaning assembly to move relative to the air filter to clean the air filter, a motion path of each point on an extension shaft of the filter cleaning assembly forming at least a portion of a circle or at least a portion of a plurality of repeating circles, and the central axis extending in a first extension direction at any time in the motion. A medical imaging system and a method of using the cleaning device are also disclosed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A cleaning device of an air filter of a medical imaging system, comprising:
a linkage assembly; a filter cleaning assembly, mounted on the linkage assembly; and a driving assembly, connected to the linkage assembly and configured to, in response to a received control signal, to drive the linkage assembly to move so as to drive the filter cleaning assembly to move relative to the air filter to clean the air filter, a motion path of each point on an extension shaft of the filter cleaning assembly forming at least a portion of a circle or at least a portion of a plurality of repeating circles, and the extension shaft extending in a first extension direction at any time in the motion, wherein the linkage assembly comprises a first crank, a second crank, a support, and a mounting frame, the first crank, the support, the second crank, and the mounting frame being sequentially hinge-connected, central axes of the first crank, the support, the second crank, and the mounting frame defining a parallelogram, the filter cleaning assembly being mounted on the mounting frame, and the driving assembly being connected to at least one of the first crank and the second crank, so as to drive the first crank and the second crank to rotate about respective first ends thereof, and to drive the mounting frame and the filter assembly thereon to move.

2 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the support is fixed relative to a housing of the medical imaging system, or the support comprises a portion of the housing.

3 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the first end of the first crank is connected to a first end of the support by means of a first connecting shaft, a second end of the support is connected to the first end of the second crank by means of a second connecting shaft, and the driving assembly is connected to at least one of the first connecting shaft and the second connecting shaft, so as to drive the corresponding at least one of the first connecting shaft and the second connecting shaft to rotate, and configured to drive the corresponding first crank and second crank to rotate about the respective first ends thereof.

4 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the driving assembly comprises a motor and a drive shaft, a first end of the drive shaft being connected to the first connecting shaft, the motor being connected to a second end of the drive shaft, and the motor being configured to, in response to the control signal, drive the drive shaft to rotate, and drive the first connecting shaft to rotate.

5 . The device according to claim 4 , wherein the driving assembly further comprises a gear drive assembly connected between the drive shaft and the first connecting shaft, wherein the gear drive assembly is configured to change the direction of rotational force of the drive shaft, and then transmit the same to the first connecting shaft.

6 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein a first elastic component is provided between the mounting frame and the first crank, and a second elastic component is provided between the mounting frame and the second crank.

7 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the support is configured to extend in the first extension direction, and the cleaning device further comprises a position-limiting frame and a position-limiting assembly, the position-limiting frame being configured to extend in a second extension direction, the first extension direction and the second extension direction being perpendicular to each other, the position-limiting assembly being configured to engage with the mounting frame so as to move in the first extension direction, and the position-limiting assembly being further configured to engage with the position-limiting frame so as to move in the second extension direction.

8 . The device according to claim 7 , wherein each of the position-limiting frame and the support is connected in a central position thereof to the other.

9 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the filter cleaning assembly is configured to traverse a region to be cleaned, and the region to be cleaned comprises at least one intermediate portion and two curved portions respectively connected to two sides of the intermediate portion.

10 . A cleaning device of an air filter of a medical imaging system, comprising:
a linkage assembly, comprising a first crank, a second crank, and a mounting frame, the first crank and the second crank having respective extension shafts parallel to each other, the first crank, the second crank, and the mounting frame each comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the first end and the second end of the mounting frame are respectively hinge-connected to the second end of the first crank and the second end of the second crank; a filter cleaning assembly, mounted on the mounting frame; and a driving assembly, connected to at least one of the first crank and the second crank, the driving assembly being configured to, in response to a received control signal, drive the first crank and the second crank of the linkage assembly to rotate about the respective first ends thereof, and drive the filter cleaning assembly to move relative to the air filter to clean the air filter, a motion path of each point of each extension shaft forming at least a portion of a circle or at least a portion of a plurality of repeating circles, and each extension shaft extending in a first extension direction at any time in the motion.

11 . The device according to claim 10 , further comprising a support, the respective first ends of the first crank and the second crank being respectively hinge-connected to a first end and a second end of the support, and wherein either the support is fixed relative to a housing of the medical imaging system or the support comprising a portion of the housing.

12 . The device according to claim 11 , wherein the respective first ends of the first crank and the second crank are respectively hinge-connected to the first end and the second end of the support by means of a first connecting shaft and a second connecting shaft, and the driving assembly comprises a motor and a drive shaft, wherein a first end of the drive shaft being used to be connected to at least one of the first connecting shaft and the second connecting shaft, the motor being connected to a second end of the drive shaft, and the motor being configured to, in response to the control signal, drive the drive shaft to rotate, and drive at least one of the first connecting shaft and the second connecting shaft to rotate, so as to drive the first crank and the second crank to rotate about the respective first ends thereof.

13 . The device according to claim 12 , wherein the driving assembly further comprises a gear drive assembly connected between the drive shaft and the first connecting shaft, and the gear drive assembly is configured to change the direction of rotational force of the drive shaft, and then transmit the same to the first connecting shaft.

14 . The device according to claim 10 , wherein a first elastic component is provided between the mounting frame and the first crank, and a second elastic component is provided between the mounting frame and the second crank.

15 . The device according to claim 11 , wherein the support is configured to extend in a first extension direction, and the cleaning device further comprises a position-limiting frame and a position-limiting assembly, the position-limiting frame being configured to extend in a second extension direction, the first extension direction and the second extension direction bein

Assignees

• Ge Prec Healthcare Llc

Inventors

• Zhang Ying
• Yang Yalan
• Wang Jie
• Zhao Hongyu

Classifications

• B01D46/681

  by scrapers, brushes or the like · CPC title

• B01D2279/45

  for electronic devices, e.g. computers, hard-discs, mobile phones · CPC title

• A61B8/4422

  related to hygiene or sterilisation · CPC title

• A61B8/44

  Constructional features of the ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic diagnostic device · CPC title

• B01D46/48

  Removing dust other than cleaning filters {, e.g. by using collecting trays} · CPC title